RACKHAM, Arthur.

Inquire · Offered by Peter Harrington

Original preliminary drawing for Ingoldsby Legends. "With Iron it's Plated and Machecollated, To Pour Boiling Oil and Lead Down: How You'd Frown Should a Ladle-Full Fall on Your Crown". This is a preliminary sketch for the published drawing that accompanied the rhyme "Bloudie Jack of Shrewsberrie, The Shropshire Bluebeard", that appears on page 405 of "Ingoldsby Legends".

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