GEORGE BARNWELL MURDERS
THE LONDON MERCHANT, first performed in 1731, in which George Barnwell, at the instigation of a prostitute, murders his uncle for money, is considered the first prose tragedy in English
Picture No
10118585
Media ID
47306162
Size
4361px x 3387px
(3.4MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Hand-coloured engraving in The Melancholy History of George Barnwell'
Date
C.1820
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