"A street scene lit by a lamp projecting from a high brick wall: 'Maiden Lane'. A tall man, very thin and pale, walks (right to left), wearing spectacles, a cane in his right hand. His shoulders are thickly sprinkled with powder, cf. BMSat 8190, &c. H...
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Pubd. July 21st, 1802, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
An illustrated handbill describing the execution of Joseph Wall, former Governor of Goree, for unlawful execution in 1782 of Serjeant B. Armstrong. The large woodcut illustration depicts the punishment devised by Wall and shows the victim being whippe...
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Printed and sold by J. Davenport, 6, George's Court, St. John's Gate, London
Subject (Name):
Wall, Joseph, 1737-1802,
Subject (Topic):
Punishment & torture, Whipping, and Enslaved people
"From the opposite ends of a horizontal balance hang (left) a triangle from which are suspended the corpses of thirteen sailors, and (right) the body of a military officer in uniform (Governor Wall); all have bandaged eyes. The balance hangs in front ...
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Pud. March 3d 1802 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Wall, Joseph, 1737-1802.
Subject (Topic):
Trials (Mutiny), Mutiny, Courtrooms, Hangings (Executions), Justice, Military officers, British, and Sailors