Heart-rending execution of Fanny Amlett
Subtitle: a grazier's daughter, near Scarborough, who was basely seduced from home by a naval officer, who broughther to disgrace, and then deserted her. She became pregnant, ... in a fit of despair, and scarce knowing what she did, she drowned her new-born babe: for which she was brought to trial, and executed, ...
Publisher: J. Catnach, Printer, Monmouth-Court, 7 Dials
Published: 1813
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Infanticide; Poetry; Seduction; Trials (Infanticide); Warnings
Notes: Date of imprint from William B. Todd. A Directory of printers and others in allied trades, London and vicinity 1800-1840. Catnach was active at Monmouth Court between 1813 and 1841.

The Heart-rending execution of Fanny Amlett is an example of a fictitious execution broadside. There is a broadside in the York Castle Museum which places her execution at Gloucester, not at York, as the Harvard Law Library copy does.

Primarily an account of the life of Fanny Amlett, with two columns of verse.

Verses begin : For Fanny Amlett drop a tear.

Wood engraving (4 x 4 cm.) : Hunter with dog in a field.

Wood engraving (10 x 20 cm.) : Naval officer taking leave of young woman.

Wood engraving (10 x 12.4 cm.) : Woman kneeling in prayer at scaffold, before prison walls, with spectators.

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Dying speeches II, 81a. Printed on blue paper.