"The Escape, No. 2" — illustration for Ainsworth's "Jack Sheppard" by George Cruikshank (original) (raw)

The Escape, No. 2

George Cruikshank

December 1839

Four Etchings each 5.0 cm square

11 x 10 cm

"Epoch the Third, 1724. The Prison Breaker," Vol. 3, for Chapter 19, "The Chapel" in William Harrison Ainsworth's Jack Sheppard. A Romance, facing page 167.

Scanned image and text byPhilip V. Allingham.

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