publish'd according to Act of Parliament Sept 29, 1750.
Call Number:
750.09.29.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image and text
Abstract:
"A broadside on the trial of the robber James Maclaine; with an etching showing the interior of a court room, the judges seated on the left, Maclaine standing on the right, in the middle background a lady standing, giving evidence in his favour; and with engraved title and letterpress text giving an account of the trial in three columns."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title and imprint from engraved text below image at top of sheet., Among Maclaine's other crimes is the robbing of the Salisbury Coach at Turnham Green on 26 June 1750, when he was disguised using a Venetian mask. In 1749 he robbed a coach in which Horace Walpole was a passenger; he took Walpole's watch in this incident which is mentioned in the final paragraph., and Watermark in center of sheet: Fleur-de lis.
Publisher:
Printed for T. Fox in the Old Baily
Subject (Geographic):
England., England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Maclaine, James, 1724-1750, and Maclaine, James, 1724-1750
Subject (Topic):
Brigands and robbers, Trials (Robbery), Courtrooms, Criminals, Judicial proceedings, and Broadsides
MacLaine in leg-irons stands in the middle of his prison cell, surrounded by several women, a cleric, and a man who appears to be saying an emotional good-bye to the prisoner prior to his execution. One of the women dabs her eyes with a large handkerchief. On the far left stands the goaler, with a bunch of keys in his hand
Alternative Title:
Ladys last farewell to MacLean and Ladies last farewell to MacLaine
Description:
Title engraved above image., Date from contemporary ms. annotation., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: Farewell my friends let not your hearts be fill'd, my time is near & I'll with calmness yeild [sic] ..., Watermark: countermark IV., and Mounted to 26 x 31 cm.