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.
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Pubd: April 17. 1791. by W. Holland No. 50. Oxford St.
Subject (Topic):
Elopement, Abduction, Physicians, Couples, Firearms, Crimes, and Judges
"A London night-scene. A fashionably dressed man wearing top-boots is chased (right to left) by two police officers holding bludgeons. One holds a pair of hand-cuffs. The pavement is backed by a high stone wall topped by trees. On the wall, by a projecting lamp, are three superimposed bills: Burglary; £200 Reward Felony; Murder, Reward 100 Guineas. There is a full moon."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title from caption below image., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark: J Whatman Turkey Mill 1821.
Spree at Melton Mowbray, or, Doing the thing in a sporting-like manner
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Title from caption below image., Text below title: "If it were done, when tis done, then 'twere well it were done quickly." Shakespeare., Text above image: Anno Domini 1837., Two columns of verse at bottom of plate: Coming it strong with a spree and a spread, milling the day-lights, or cracking a head ..., and Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark and text in upper right margin erased from sheet.
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Published July 1st, 1837, by R. Ackermann at his Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191 Regent Stt
A nighttime scene in which Arthur Gray has broken into the house of George Ballie, Esq. to assault Grizel Murray, wife of Alexander Murray. Mrs. Murray is shown sitting up in her nightgown and using both hands to clutch and turn the footman's pistol aside while Gray uses his free hand to pull down the bed sheets. Behind Mrs. Murray on her canopied bed is Gray's sword
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Title and date from print based on this drawing., Artist from local card catalog record., and Design for an engraving published in The Tyburn chronicle, or Villainy display'd in all its brances ... [1768]. Print titled: Arthur Gray the footman threatening the life of Mrs. Murray.
