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Artist unknown :Miss Turner. "Deep were my anguish, thus compell'd, To wed with one I ne'er beheld." London [1828?]
- Date
- 1826 - 1828
- Reference
- PUBL-0042
- Description
Ellen Turner, shown in the fashionable dress of the 1820s, with ostrich feathers in her hair, a fan in her left hand and an elegant Empire-style dress and cloak.
Ellen Turner was abducted by Edward Gibbon Wakefield and his brother William from her boarding school in 1826, and under false pretences, persuaded to marry Edward. The marriage was annulled and the brothers were tried and imprisoned.
Other Titles - Ellen Turner. Abduction, or a new way to capture a wife.
Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).
Physical Description: Engraving, 130 x 220 mm
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- 1 b&w art print(s), Works of art, Engravings, Portraits, Albums, Engraving, 130 x 220 mm
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