John Bellingham taken at the Sessions House, Old Bailey, May 15th, 1812. [graphic]

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Title: John Bellingham taken at the Sessions House, Old Bailey, May 15th, 1812. [graphic]
Contributor: Dighton, Denis, 1792-1827, artist.
McCleary, William, active 1799-1820, publisher.
Published / Created: [not before 16 May 1812]
Publication Place: Dublin
Publisher: Pub. by McCleary, 32 Nassau St.
Abstract: Three-quarter length portrait of John Bellingham, assassin of the Prime Minister Spencer Perceval, standing in profile to the left, holding an open letter in his right hand and his left hand on the rail
Description: Title etched below image.
Probably an Irish copy in reverse of: John Bellingham taken at the Sessions House, Old Bailey ... / drawn & etc'd by Dennes [sic] Dighton. [London] : Pubd. as the act directs by Dighton, Spring Gardens, May 16, 1812. Cf. No. 11882 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Cf. Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 1, page 164.
Provenance: Ken Spelman Rare Books; July 2017.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 28.5 x 22 cm
Language: English

Genre: Portraits
Trials, litigation, etc
Early works to 1800
Portrait prints
Satires (Visual works) Ireland 1812
Etchings Ireland Dublin 1812
Material: etching, hand-colored ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain
Great Britain.
Subject (Name): Bellingham, John, 1770-1812
Subject (Topic): Trials (Murder)
Assassinations
Criminals
Judicial proceedings
Subjects: Bellingham, John, 1770-1812 > Portraits
Bellingham, John, 1770-1812 > Trials, litigation, etc
Trials (Murder) > Great Britain > Early works to 1800
Assassinations > Great Britain
Criminals
Judicial proceedings
Ireland > 1812
Ireland > Dublin > 1812

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