The Whitechapel Mystery

1888

The Penny Illustrated (31 August 1888): 352

A sensational, Gothicizing iconography, made up of atmospheric lighting and melodramatic acting, characterises this scene on the over of the newspaper, showing a policeman finding the remains of Mary Anne Nichols, one of the victims of Jack the Ripper.

Image scan and text by Simon Cooke

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