Title

A broadside of 1754 reporting on the case of Elizabeth Canning, 1915. Artist: Unknown

Caption

A broadside of 1754 reporting on the case of Elizabeth Canning'. Elizabeth Canning (1734-1773) was an English maidservant who claimed to have been kidnapped and held against her will in a hayloft for almost a month. She became a central figure to one of the most famous English criminal mysteries of the 18th century. From The Connoisseur Volume XLIII [Otto Limited, London, 1915.]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1915

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C64_410

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

30,5Mb (2,9Mb) / 8,5in x 13,9in / 2562 x 4164 (300dpi)

Keywords

England female women woman people male court man men country law guy crime magazine English text location century newspaper courtroom barrister lady B&W lettering MONOCHROME kidnapped kidnapping capital letter typesetting black & white black and white B W English text 18th century 1910s 20th century Eighteenth Century law court The Print Collector broadside court room maidservant Elizabeth Canning The Connoisseur portrait Western script Unknown Elizabeth Canning Eliza Canning Eliza portrait