Jonathan Wild throwing Sir Rowland Trenchard down the Well-hole

George Cruikshank

September 1839

Etching

12.3 x 9.7 cm

"Epoch the Third, 1724. The Prison Breaker," Vol. 3, for Ch. 12, "The Well Hole," in William Harrison Ainsworth's Jack Sheppard. A Romance, facing page 43.

[Click on image to enlarge it and mouse over text for links.]

Scanned image and text by Philip V. Allingham.

[You may use these images without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you (1) credit the photographer and (2) link your document to this URL in a web document or cite the Victorian Web in a print one.]