Title

Martha Corey and her prosecutors, Salem, Massachusetts, c1692 (c1880). Artist: Unknown

Caption

Martha Corey and her prosecutors, Salem, Massachusetts, c1692 (c1880). Martha Corey (c1627-1692) was one of the accused at the notorious Salem Witch Trials of 1692. Found guilty, she was executed by hanging. Her husband, Giles, who defended Martha against the allegations, was also put to death. A print from Cassell's History of the United States, by Edmund Ollier, Volume I, Cassell Petter and Galpin, London, c1880.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1880

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C49_226

Model release

Non

License type

Droits gérés

Available size

50,0Mo (4,9Mo) / 41,1cm x 30,4cm / 4859 x 3596 (300dpi)

Keywords

female women woman people male man men country law guy crime prison Massachusetts New England location imprisonment justice trial questioning cell prisoner imprisoned lady concept B&W Salem interrogation prison cell MONOCHROME metaphor witchcraft penitentiary United States of America United States legal system injustice prosecutor black & white black and white B W accused American America USA The Print Collector TGN engraving Unknown Salem Witch Trials witch hunt Martha Corey Edmund Martha Edmund Ollier Ollier Corey Edmund Ollier engraving