A broadside of 1754 reporting on the case of Elizabeth Canning, 1915. Artist: Unknown

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A broadside of 1754 reporting on the case of Elizabeth Canning'. Elizabeth Canning (1734-1773) was an English maidservant who claimed to have been kidnapped and held against her will in a hayloft for almost a month. She became a central figure to one of the most famous English criminal mysteries of the 18th century. From The Connoisseur Volume XLIII [Otto Limited, London, 1915.]

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