An episode in 'The country curate' by G.R. Gleig: John Bushell the smith murders Noah, a Jewish pedlar; Bushell's wife Martha rushes into the room. Engraving by H. Rolls after F. Pickering, 1834.

  • Pickering, F. (Ferdinand), 1810-1889.
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1834
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42884i
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London : Richard Bentley, 1834.

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1 print : line engraving, with etching ; image 9.3 x 7.2 cm

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The country curate. "Woman!" shrieked Bushell, rising and grasping her violently by the arm, "you have seen that which you ought not to have seen; but know this, that the brute who now lies there stark and stiff, took away the life of your father, and would have reduced your children to beggary.". F. Pickering pinxt. H. Rolls sculpt.

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Wellcome Collection 42884i

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