William Hogarth (after)
Bambridge on Trial for Murder by a Committee of the House of Commons
Etching
48 x 59 cm
Etching and engraving by Thomas Cook represents the interior of the Fleet Prison with the House of Commons committee appointed to enquire into the state of gaols (after Hogarth's painting of
c.1729 in the National Portrait Gallery); to left, James Oglethorpe, Chairman of the Committee, confronts the warden of the Fleet, Thomas Bambridge; in the foreground, a prisoner (probably
Jacob
Mendes da Sola) kneels in shackles. Lettered below image with title and production and publication details, "Engraved by T. Cook from an Original painting by Wm Hogarth in the possession of Mr.
Ray/Published June 1st. 1803, by G. & J. Robinson, Paternoster Row, London."
Dimensions :
- Height : 48 cm
- Width : 59 cm
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