The sorrowful lamentation and last farewell to the world : of the five unfortunate young men who are to be executed on Thursday next

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Description

Title
The sorrowful lamentation and last farewell to the world : of the five unfortunate young men who are to be executed on Thursday next
Contributor
Pitts, John, 1765-1844, publisher.
Published / Created
[1827]
Publication Place
London and England London
Publisher
J. Pitts, printer, 6 Great St. Andrew Street, 7 Dials
Description
Caption title.
Two columns of text divided by double column of repeated floral woodcut. With illustration (7 x 12.5 cm) below title, surrounded by a decorative border.
Second column contains verses with the heading "The prisoner's lament".
Text contains a full list of prisoners condemned to death at 'the last September sessions'. All but five were reprieved by the King, leaving John Keaton (highway robber), John Powell (for stealing in a dwelling house), Edward Lowe (for conning), Thomas Sakett (highway robbery) and Charles Smith (stealing silk and other property) to face the death penalty. All except Sakett were executed on November 22, 1827.
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Provenance
Jarndyce; September 2025.
Extent
1 sheet ([1] page) : 35.5 x 20.5 cm
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
File 52 So713 827

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Woodcuts
Broadside poems
Material
1 illustration (woodcut) ;
Resource Type
text
still image
Subject (Geographic)
England.
Subject (Topic)
Criminals
Prisons
Prisoners
Subjects
Criminals > England
Prisons
Prisoners

Access And Usage Rights

Access
Public

Identifiers

Catalog Record
991010738061808651
Object ID (OID)
33434183

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