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"Portrait Sketches of Supposed Whitechapel Monster and Incidents in the Case"

Item

Title

"Portrait Sketches of Supposed Whitechapel Monster and Incidents in the Case"

Alternative Title

"The Whitechapel monster" (title attributed to British Library)

Description

The front page of one of the earliest British tabloids, "The Illustrated Police News", reporting on the killing of Mary Kelly and possible suspects in the case.

Creator

"The Illustrated Police News"

Date

November 24 1888

Extent

1 page with 5 panel illustrations

Format

Document

Is Part Of

November 24 1888 version of "The Illustrated Police News"

Language

English

Provenance

British Library, sourced from the British Newspaper Archive

Publisher

British Library

Rights

Copyright of the British Newspaper Archive

Rights Holder

British Library

Subject

Sketches of the likenesses of Jack the Ripper suspects as of November 1888

Temporal Coverage

1888

Type

Periodical

Relation

"Jack the Ripper. Who is he? What is he? Where is he?"

"The Seventh Murder in Whitechapel"

"The Whitechapel Murder: The Inquest and Verdict"

"The Whitechapel Murder: The Inquest; Further Details"

Death Certificate of Mary Jane Kelly

Item sets

Jack the Ripper Newspapers and Other Media

Media

The Whitechapel Monster