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Sarah Malcolm executed in Fleet Street, March [the] 7th 1732 for robbing [the] chambers of Mrs. Lydia Duncomb in [the] Temple, and murdering her, Eliz. Harrison & Ann Price
Title
Sarah Malcolm executed in Fleet Street, March [the] 7th 1732 for robbing [the] chambers of Mrs. Lydia Duncomb in [the] Temple, and murdering her, Eliz. Harrison & Ann Price / W. Hogarth ad vivum pinxit.
Edition
[State 2].
Publication
[London] : [publisher not identified], [approximately 1733]
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; sheet 204 x 183 mm
Medium
laid paper.
Notes
Title etched below image.
Pirated by an unknown printmaker; second state with price added above image. See Paulson.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Etched above image: Price 6d.
See note in: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd edition), numbers 129.
Provenance
George Steevens bequeathed this collection to William Windham (1750-1810). At Windham's death, the collection was put up for sale on 20 July 1810 and was bought in by Mrs. Windham at 292 guineas; by descent through the Windham family; Sotheby's, 17 February 1919 to Dyson Perrins for £400; Sotheby's sale including Property of the Late C.W. Dyson Perrins, Esq., 11 June 1959, lot 100 purchased by Maggs Bros. for W.S. Lewis for £1300.
Formerly owned by Charles Kinnaird, 8th Lord Kinnaird of Inchture (1780-1826).
Summary
Sarah Malcolm, three-quarter length, turned to right but looking to left, her hands resting on a simple wooden table.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 14, 2011
References
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, volume 2, numbers 1908
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Portrait prints.
Engravings - England - London - 1733.
Etchings - England - London - 1733.
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