File:Ticket for the execution of Jonathan Wild.jpg

Summary

In the collection of Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service

Brief Description: Ticket for the execution of Jonathan Wild, the famous Wolverhampton thief. The ticket displays a portrait of Jonathan at the top surrounded by the words "Jonathan Wild Thief-Taker General of Great Britain and Ireland. Below is a figure of a man and skeleton with torture tools in circles and a written warning to thiefs in the centre.

ObjectNumber: W1178 Dimensions: 9 x 13 cm Colour: Black White Technique: Printed Material: Ink, Paper Note that the emblem at the top is Wild's own imprint, showing him in cloth cap and bearing a mace as a symbol of policing. The main illustration bears the emblems of Death (left) and the Grave (right), surmounted by devices of imprisonment. Between Death and the Grave is a small casket. The text invites all criminals, and then ladies and gentlemen, to walk with their friend I--- W--d to the "triple tree," which was Tyburn. The gallows there were a simple L-shaped beams arranged with three together.

Copyright status:

public domain

Source:

http://blackcountryhistory.org/collections/getrecord/WAGMU_W1178/