A street ballad singer, of the St. Giles' order, is crying the last speech of 'the unfortunate malefactors who were executed this morning:' a common announcement when the extreme punishment of hanging was used for small offences, and executions were of more frequent occurrence. Capital punishment did not act as a corrective to theft as illustrated in the background of the print, where a boy is picking the pocket of a passing pedestrian. Etching by Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827) 1799.

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Size: 4660px × 5906px
Location: England
Photo credit: © Lakeview Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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