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Picture No 10118586
Date C.1820
Description GEORGE BARNWELL MURDER
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George Lillo's popular drama 'THE LONDON MERCHANT', first performed in 1731, in which Barnwell, cajoled by a prostitute, murders his uncle for money, is the first prose tragedy in English.
Source Hand-coloured engraving in 'The Melancholy History of George Barnwell'
Credit Mary Evans Picture Library
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