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Broadside: A copy of verses, on the unfortunate Mary Wright, now under sentence of death!...

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Broadside: A copy of verses, on the unfortunate Mary Wright, now under sentence of death!...

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Title Broadside: A copy of verses, on the unfortunate Mary Wright, now under sentence of death!...
Author/Photographer S Lane, Thoroughfare Yard, St. Gregory’s, Norwich
Publisher W. Upcroft, Printer, Magdalen Street, Norwich
Time Period circa 19th century
Description Undated street ballad. Includes a woodcut illustration of Mary Wright in a jail cell.

Full title: A copy of verses, on the unfortunate Mary Wright, now under sentence of death! in Norwich Castle for the murder of her husband and father, and who was delivered of a fine girl, which was immediately taken from her, as is usual on these awful occasions, which so wrung the heart of the wretched mother (not being allowed even to see her own helpless infant) that by desire the following lines [were written as a] warning to deter others from bringing themselves to her miserable and unhappy condition.
General Subject Area Crime
Extent 1 broadside (14.5 x 10 inches)
Institution Kent State University
Repository Special Collections and Archives
Finding aid title Finding Aid for the British Criminal Broadsides collection
Access Rights This digital object is owned by Kent State University and may be protected by U.S. Copyright law (Title 17, USC). Please include proper citation and credit for use of this item. Use in publications or productions is prohibited without written permission from Kent State University. Please contact the Department of Special Collections and Archives for more information.
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Format of Original document
Subject Murder, General
Women in Crime
Provenance British Criminal Broadsides collection
Genre/Format broadsides
poetry
street ballads
Geographical Location United Kingdom. England

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