Execution of the Three Thayer brothers Israel, Nelson, and Isaac for the ghastly murder of Englishman John Love, a humble peddler. To be hung by the neck until dead.
Title:
Execution of the Three Thayer brothers Israel, Nelson, and Isaac for the ghastly murder of Englishman John Love, a humble peddler. To be hung by the neck until dead.
Author:
Wilder, Robert.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
[Buffalo, N.Y.] : [publisher not identified], [2010]
Physical Description:
1 poster : laserjet, black and white, illustrations ; 51 x 41 cm
General Note:
Poster created in the style of execution broadsides. These printed ephemera, aslo called "Last dying speeches" or "Bloody murders", were popular publications sold during public executions in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. They often included one or more sensational illustrations of the crime, details of the trial and execution, confessions, and poetry or ballads describing the crime.
Language:
English
Local Note:
Posters commissioned for the 2010 Rare Book Room exhibit: The Three Thayers: Murder & Spectacle in Early Buffalo, February 22 - May 23, 2010. Designed by Robert Wilder.
Poster on sheet, 56 x 46 cm.
Format :
Photo