Perspective view of the new drop erected the 20th of Novr. 1816 at the new gaol, for the execution of James Towle a Luddite for breaking 53 lace frames on the night of the 28th June 1816 at the factory of Messrs. Heathcote & Boden at Loughborough, the damage done in the office in half an hour was from 7 to 8000£. [art original][1816]engA drawing of a man, James Towle, hanging from the gallows erected outside a set of prison gatesTitle written in ink below image.Unsigned; artist unidentified.James Towle, a framework-knitter from Basford near Nottingham, was tried and acquitted of a Luddite attack in 1814 but was convicted in 1816 for another attack during which a guard was shot and wounded.