'Eliza Canning from the Life', c1753. Artist: Unknown

'Eliza Canning from the Life', c1753. Artist: Unknown

1-624-733 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'A True Draught of Eliza Canning. Eliza Canning from the Life', c1753. In 1753, a young woman called Elizabeth Canning claimed to have been kidnapped and held against her will at a house in Enfield. She also said that her kidnappers tried to force her to become a prostitute. She supposedly escaped from the house, and on her evidence people were arrested, tried and convicted. Later, doubts began to be expressed about her story. The prisoners were released and Elizabeth Canning was charged with perjury, convicted and sentenced to transportation to New England for seven years. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century ... With over two hundred illustrations by George Paston [pseudonym of Emily Morse Symonds], (London, 1905).


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People Information

Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
People Related
  1. George Paston: : Author
  2. Elizabeth Canning: British: Malefactor, criminal

Picture Type
  1. Portrait

Category Hierarchy

Society & Culture Law & Crime

Artistic Representations Portraits

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Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3888x4495
File Size : 51,201kb


Aliases

  1. 0580005700
  1. 1-624-733
  1. 1624733

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