The Great mill at Westminster, the Tichborne infant against the Waga Waga (sic) Bruiser, together wi...
The Great mill at Westminster, the Tichborne infant against the Waga Waga (sic) Bruiser, together with a supplement to the London Graphic about the Tichborne case, ca. 1874
About this item
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Date
ca. 1874
Call Numbers
MLMSS 9040/1X
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Reference Code
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Pictures, Prints and Manuscripts
Physical Description
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0.44 metres of textual material (1 box)
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Print on silk caricature of Arthur Orton, the Tichborne claimant, in a boxing match with English lawyers.
Also includes a bound supplement to the London graphic titled 'A literary and pictorial record of the great Tichborne case, containing a complete history of this "cause célèbre" with numerous engravings from sketches and photographs, rep...
Alternative Titles
Full title
The Great mill at Westminster, the Tichborne infant against the Waga Waga (sic) Bruiser, together with a supplement to the London Graphic about the Tichborne case, ca. 1874
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Tim McCormick Australian Arts in November 2010
Administrative / Biographical history
Roger Tichborne (1829-1855), heir to a baronetcy, was lost at sea off the coast of South America in 1854 when the ship he was travelling on was wrecked. Some years later Lady Tichborne advertised world-wide for her son, having maintained the belief that he had survived the shipwreck.
Thomas Castro, whose real name was Arthur Orton (1834-189...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 9040/1X
Record Identifier
1wN2NXmn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1wN2NXmn
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Reference code
1046117
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