Theodore Gardelle executed in the Hay Market near Panton Street, on Saturday [the] 4th Apl. 1761, for the murder of Mrs. King, at her house in Leicester Square : etch'd from a drawing made from the life the morning of Gardelle's execution by Mr. Richards & afterwards touch'd on by Mr. Hogarth, saying it was then as like as it could be / [graphic]

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Lewis Walpole Library > Theodore Gardelle executed in the Hay Market near Panton Street, on Saturday [the] 4th Apl. 1761, for the murder of Mrs. King, at her house in Leicester Square : etch'd from a drawing made from the life the morning of Gardelle's execution by Mr. Richards & afterwards touch'd on by Mr. Hogarth, saying it was then as like as it could be / [graphic]

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Title: Theodore Gardelle executed in the Hay Market near Panton Street, on Saturday [the] 4th Apl. 1761, for the murder of Mrs. King, at her house in Leicester Square : etch'd from a drawing made from the life the morning of Gardelle's execution by Mr. Richards & afterwards touch'd on by Mr. Hogarth, saying it was then as like as it could be / [graphic]
Creator: Ireland, Samuel, -1800, printmaker
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker.
Published / Created: published April 1st 1786.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Description: Title engraved below image.
State from Dobson.
On page 219 in volume 3.
Provenance: George Steevens bequeathed this collection to William Windham (1750-1810). At Windham's death, the collection was put up for sale on 20 July 1810 and was bought in by Mrs. Windham at 292 guineas; by descent through the Windham family; Sotheby's, 17 February 1919 to Dyson Perrins for £400; Sotheby's sale including Property of the Late C.W. Dyson Perrins, Esq., 11 June 1959, lot 100 purchased by Maggs Bros. for W.S. Lewis for £1300.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 15.1 x 10 cm, on sheet 17.1 x 13 cm
Edition: [State 1].
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 75 H67 800 v.3 (Oversize)

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre: Early works to 1800
Aquatints England London 1786
Material: aquatint with etching in brown ink with light pinkish wash on face and hands ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain
Subject (Name): Gardelle, Théodore, 1722-1761.
Subject (Topic): Murderers
Criminals
Subjects: Gardelle, Théodore, 1722-1761
Murderers > Great Britain > Early works to 1800
Criminals
England > London > 1786
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record: 12740367
Object ID (OID): 16194252