Borowitz True Crime Digital Collection

Broadside: Sarah Chesham’s Lament for the murder of Richard Chesham, her husband, by [poisoning]

Borowitz True Crime Digital Collection

Broadside: Sarah Chesham’s Lament for the murder of Richard Chesham, her husband, by [poisoning]

Title Broadside: Sarah Chesham’s Lament for the murder of Richard Chesham, her husband, by [poisoning]
Publisher Hodges, Printer, Wholesale Toy Warehouse, 31, Dudley Street, 7 Dials
Time Period 19th century
Description Undated broadside street ballad regarding the murder of Richard Chesham by his wife, Sarah Chesham. Includes a woodcut illustration of a man who appears to be ill in bed. A woman and man are at his bedside.
General Subject Area Crime
Extent 1 broadside (10 x 6.5 inches)
Institution Kent State University
Repository Special Collections and Archives
Finding aid title Finding Aid for the British Criminal Broadsides collection
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Format of Original document
Subject Intimate Partner Violence
Murder, General
Poison
Women in Crime
Provenance British Criminal Broadsides collection
Genre/Format broadsides
poetry
street ballads
Geographical Location United Kingdom. England