The Boy and His Mother

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A man has been brought to the gallows in a cart and leans over a woman standing behind

The boy and his mother.

Artist

Name:: Bewick, Thomas
Dates:: 1753-1828
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Engravers:: Bewick, John; Bewick, Thomas
Format:: Landscape (wider)
Source:: The Duke University Libraries, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Select fables
Author:: Gay, John
Publisher:: London, Newcastle: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, Emerson Charnley, 1820
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Description:

A man has been brought under the gallows in a tumbril and, as the crowd surrounds him, kept in check by guards armed with halberds, he leans over a woman standing behind the cart—to bite off her ear, as the story goes.

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{{cite web | title=The Boy and His Mother | url=https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/boy-mother/ | author=Bewick, Thomas | year=1820 | access-date=May 28, 2023 | publisher=Old Book Illustrations}}