Rhynwick Williams, the London Monster, 1790

Rhynwick Williams, a young London florist convicted of stabbing women as the London Monster, 1790. Renwick Williams, commonly called The Monster. Depicted at his trial in the dock at the Old Bailey. Lithograph after a stipple engraving by Robert Cooper from Henry Wilson and James Caulfield's Book of Wonderful Characters, Memoirs and Anecdotes, of Remarkable and Eccentric Persons in all ages and countries, John Camden Hotten, Piccadilly, London, 1869

19th Century Attacks Book Of Wonderful Characters Conviction Eccentric Extraordinary Florist Freak Guilt Henry Wilson Hysteria Innocent James Caulfield John Camden Hotten Memoirs And Anecdotes Piccadilly Remarkable Robert Cooper Stabbing Stipple Engraving

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