Details
Title Horrible murder of a husband by his wife.
Alternate title Horrible murder of a husband by his wife.
Publisher [New York? : s.n.]
Date [1845?]
Description Full-length portrait of a woman wielding a knife over a man on the ground; a bottle is on a table in the background; and an overturned drink glass is on the ground in the foreground.
Notes In Serious almanac, 1845 & '46 (New York, 1845), p. [33].
According to the accompanying article, Mr. and Mrs. Dominick Sweeney “were part of a drunken Irish family, and had been intoxicated and quarrelling for several days.”
Probably a fictitious character.
Genre Engravings -- 1840-1849.
Portrait prints -- 1840-1849.
Subject Women.
Sweeney, Dominick, Mrs. -- Portraits.
Fictitious characters.
Murder scenes.
Violent crimes.
Murderers.
Alcoholic beverages.