ILLUSTRATIONS

1. The Execution of the Idle Apprentice at Tyburn, by Hogarth Frontispiece PAGE

2. Mary Blandy. Mezzotint by T. Ryley after L. Wilson to face 1

3. The Divinity School, Oxford, where Miss Blandy was tried ” 23

4. The Execution of Miss Blandy. From an engraving by John Cole 35

5. Messrs Robert and Daniel Perreau in the Dock to face 39

6. Margaret Caroline Rudd. Line engraving by G. Sibelius after D. Dodd ” 47

7. Mrs Margaret Rudd in the Dock. Drawn and engraved by G. Bartolozzi ” 61

8. William Wynne Ryland. Drawn and engraved by P. Falconet ” 74

9. His Majesty King George III. Line engraving by W. W. Ryland after Allan Ramsay ” 84

10. Charles Rogers. Mezzotint by W. W. Ryland after Sir Joshua Reynolds ” 87

11. General Stanwix’s Daughter. Stipple engraving by W. W. Ryland after Angelica Kauffman (an example of the famous ‘red-chalk’ manner) ” 90

12. Angelica Kauffman. Stipple engraving by T. Burke after Sir Joshua Reynolds ” 110

13. Governor Wall. An etching by J. Chapman ” 112

14. John Hadfield. Etched by J. Chapman ” 146

15. The Beauty of Buttermere. Coloured engraving after John Smith ” 152

16. Mary of Buttermere. Stipple engraving by Mackenzie from a drawing by W. M. Bennet ” 158

17. Mary of Buttermere. Etched by James Gillray ” 173

18. Henry Fauntleroy. From a sketch by “A. V.” ” 178

19. James Harmer. Line engraving by T. Wright from a drawing by A. Wivell ” 192

20. Fauntleroy’s Trial at the Old Bailey. By W. Read ” 195

21. Catnach’s Broadside of Fauntleroy’s Execution ” 204

F. Wilson Pinx^t. T. Riley Fecit.

Miss Blandy

Now confined in Oxford Gaol on Suspicion of Poisoning her Father.

Some Distinguished Victims of the Scaffold