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Object Type
Museum number: 1880,1113.4263
Title: Object: Preparing for an execution
Description: Scene on Newgate Street, the new prison on the right; a large crowd swarms the street heading towards the temporary scaffold and gallows erected outside the prison, visible in the distance at the end of the street; people jostling in foreground, a man pulls a wheelbarrow that displays the sign "Aglioni bang up Ginger Pop". 1846 Wood-engraving with letterpress
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School/style
Production date: 1846
Materials
Technique: wood-engraving; letterpress
Dimensions: Height: 111 millimetres; Width: 153 millimetres (image)
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Curator's comments: The date is taken from the Crace catalogue. This is possibly an illustration to a magazine or newspaper.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: prison; execution
Associated places: Topographic representation of: London
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Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1880
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1880,1113.4263

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