Eliza Canning from the Life Size:M: 75 x 60cm Entomological study of the Yellow

Entomological study of the Yellow owl-fly Suhpalacsa flavipes an insect native to Australia

Ye Old Fighting Cocks Inn

by William Somerville

Great New Street

She was a crisp

Eliza Canning from the Life Size:M: 75 x 60cm Entomological study of the Yellow'A True Draught of Eliza Canning. Eliza Canning from the Life', c1753. In 1753, a young woman called Elizabeth Canning claimed to have been kidnapped and held against her will at a house in Enfield. She also said that her kidnappers tried to force her to become a prostitute. She supposedly escaped from the house, and on her evidence people were arrested, tried and convicted. Later, doubts began to be expressed about her story. The prisoners were