| Contributor |
Brady, Mathew B., ca. 1823-1896, photographer. |
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Farnham, Eliza W. (Eliza Wood), 1815-1864, ed. |
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Horton, Tudor, engraver. |
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Serrell, Edward W. (Edward Wellman), b. 1826, artist. |
| Title |
L.W. |
| Alternate title |
L.W. / T. Horton. |
| Publisher |
[New York? : s.n.] |
| Date |
[1846?] |
| Physical description |
1 print : engraving ; 6.2 x 5 cm. |
| Description |
Bust-length portrait of the criminal. |
| Notes |
In Sampson, M. B. Rationale of crime and its appropriate treatment; being a treatise on criminal jurisprudence considered
in relation to cerebral organization. Edited by Eliza W. Farnham (Philadelphia, 1846), p. 162.
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“My acknowledgements are due to the officers of the Penitentiary on Blackwell’s Island for their politeness in furnishing
me with facilities for taking the daguerreotypes, and to Mr. L. N. Fowler for aiding me in the selection of cases; nor must
I omit to name Mr. Edward Serrell, who was obliging enough to take the outline drawings for me; or Mr. Brady, to whose indefatigable
patience with a class of the most difficult of all sitters, is due the advantage of a very accurate set of daguerreotypes.”
-- Introductory preface by Mrs. Farnham, p. xx.
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“L.W. is a criminal who has long been notorious in New York for her depravity and abandonment of character. She has been under
arrest innumerable times, and when not in prison leads a most profligate and shameless life. She is obstinate but kind withal,
and very impulsive and ardent in all her emotions. Her temperament is sanguine-nervous, highly excitable, and unrestrained.
In her head benevolence is well developed, but the whole moral region beside is exceedingly small. The drawing indicates extreme
narrowness and smallness of the whole coronal region.”--P. 162.
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| Genre |
Portrait prints -- 1840-1849. |
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Engravings -- 1840-1849. |
| Subject |
L. W. -- Portraits. |
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Women. |
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Phrenology. |
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Criminals -- Portraits. |
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Female offenders -- Portraits. |
