Title

No 29 Ratcliff Highway, Stepney, London, 1811. Artist: J Girtin

Caption

No 29 Ratcliff Highway, Stepney, London, 1811. The building was the residence and shop of a Mr Marr, a mercer, who was murdered there, together with his wife, infant child and an apprentice, on 7 December 1811. Below the view is the weapon used in the murders, a maul.

Date

1811

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Reference

HRM19B02_477

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

30,1Mb (1,4Mb) / 8,1in x 14,4in / 2440 x 4315 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior road London England street shopping shop shops country law crime British tool weapon weapons English color colour lane avenue war shop front location century Britain murder concept outside slaughter warfare crime scene 19th century weaponry nineteenth century Tower Hamlets Guildhall Library & Art Gallery East End murdering slaughtering Stepney TGN engraving J maul mercer Ratcliff Highway J Girtin J Girtin;Girtin Girtin J