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Miss Martha Ray (1742-1779), English singer and actress, mistress to John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. She was shot in the head with a pistol by infatuated admirer/scorned lover and stalker Rev. James Hackman as she climbed into a coach in Covent Garden. Portrait of the actress within a decorative oval border above a vignette of her murder. Copperplate engraving published by Fielding and Walker, Pater Noster Row, London, 1779.

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Miss Martha Ray (1742-1779), English singer and actress, mistress to John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. She was shot in the head with a pistol by infatuated admirer/scorned lover and stalker Rev. James Hackman as she climbed into a coach in Covent Garden. Portrait of the actress within a decorative oval border above a vignette of her murder. Copperplate engraving published by Fielding and Walker, Pater Noster Row, London, 1779.

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4547 x 7071 px | 92.0 MB

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38.5 x 59.9 cm | 15.2 x 23.6 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

18TH CENTURY • 18TH CENTURY, THE • 18TH CENTURY. • 18TH • 4TH EARL OF SANDWICH • ACTRESS • ANATOMY: HEAD • BELOVED • CITY OF LONDON • COACH • COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING • COVENT GARDEN • DECORATIVE • ENGLISH SINGER • FIELDING AND WALKER • FIRING • HEAD (ANATOMY) • HEAD (BODY) • HEAD • INFATUATED ADMIRER • JOHN MONTAGU • LONDON • LONDON. • LOVER (FEMALE) • LOVER • LOVER, MISTRESS • LOVERS • MISS MARTHA RAY • MISTRESS • MISTRESS, LOVER • MURDER • OVAL BORDER • PATER NOSTER ROW • PISTOL • PORTRAIT • POTRAIT • REV. JAMES HACKMAN • SCANDAL • SCORNED LOVER • SHOOTING • SHOT • STALKER • VIGNETTE • XVIII CENTURY