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The first trial by jury painted by C.W. Cope ; engraved by H.S. Sadd

The first trial by jury painted by C.W. Cope ; engraved by H.S. Sadd

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Print shows a jury trial in process, the jury sits on the right, the body of a dead man lies on a stretcher with a young woman weeping over him and a young man pointing toward the accused who is in the custody of two soldiers, the judge, on the left, holding a long staff, is sitting on a raised dais, with two men seated below him on the left.

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Inscribed in pencil on mount: Albion plate for 1849 from a fresco in Houses of Parliament.
Possibly issued by The Albion, or, British, colonial, and foreign weekly gazette.
Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).

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01/01/1849
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