Last Dying Speech

Title

Last Dying Speech

Description

This watercolour depicts a streetseller vending a batch of criminal broadsheets. In the background, crowds are watching an execution taking place outside Newgate Prison.

Creator

Thomas Rowlandson

Date

1819 - 1821

Rights

This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication

Original Format

Watercolour print on paper

Files

Rowlandson Last Dying Speech.jpg

Collection

Citation

Thomas Rowlandson , “Last Dying Speech,” Execution Ballads, accessed December 26, 2024, https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/execution-ballads/items/show/1126.

Output Formats