Author: Grave, R.
Title: Esther Hammerton, Female Sexton
Description: London, 18th cent. Engraving by R. Grave. Image: 179 x 135 mm. Sheet: 306 x 251 mm. Pasted down. From periodical of remarkable characters. Manuscript description in a contemporary hand on lower margin: "one of the few who delight to outrage propriety by taking upon themselves offices that belong to the opposite sex." From scrapbook compiled by noted 19th c. British collector T. Purland in 1845. .

Keywords: Eccentrics, Freaks, Criminals


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