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- Published / Created:
- [17 April 1791]
- Call Number:
- Print10036
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Place of publication and date from item., Below title: In Holland's Exhibition Rooms may be seen the largest collection of caricatures in Europe, Admittance one Shilling., From the British Museum catalogue: Richard Perry, a surgeon and apothecary of Bristol, eloped (to Gretna Green) with Clementina Clarke, an heiress of fifteen. On 4 April the Bow Street magistrates advertised £1,000 reward for securing Miss Clarke and returning her to Bow Street or to Miss Selina Mills, the governess at Bristol, Perry (who was passing as Captain Inglefield) and his confederates (his apprentice Salmon and Elizabeth Baker) to be apprehended for felony. 'Lond. Chronicle', 24 March, 8 April, &c., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Marriage & Married life; Apothecaries; Surgeons; Anecdotes.
- Publisher:
- Pubd: April 17. 1791. by W. Holland No. 50. Oxford St.
- Subject (Topic):
- Elopement, Abduction, Physicians, Couples, Firearms, Crimes, and Judges
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > A Perry-lous situation or, the doctor and his friends keeping the bumbrusher and her myrmidons at bay. [graphic]