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A Fleet of Transports under Convoy

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Date

1781

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Published by - Carington Bowles

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A man (left) leads by a rope the foremost of a crowd of prisoners sentenced to transportation who follow him from left to right. The two foremost are bearded Jews. Behind comes a knock-kneed youth taking a pinch of snuff; a man behind him is gnawing a large bone. There are ten prisoners in all. The background is part of the façade of Newgate prison. 9 November 1781. Hand-coloured mezzotint.

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69 St. Paul's Churchyard, London, England

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England

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