This sixth plate, ‘The Lady’s Death’, show the countess expiring in the modest home of her father, having drunk poison (a bottle of laudanum lies on the floor). The cause of this is the broadside next to the bottle which reports the hanging of her lover Silvertongue for the murder of her husband (depicted in the previous plate). She is embraced by her child, who displays symptoms of advanced congenital syphilis and is likely to follow its parents to an early grave. There is an interesting view of old London Bridge out of the window.
Original stained softwood frame, overall dimensions: 15 ⅞” by 11 ⅞”
Condition: Slight loss and bubbles to the paint