Frederick Bailey Deeming (1853-1892) Serial Killer Hanged
Pencil sketch by George Rossi ASHTON (1857–1942) depicting English serial killer, Deeming on the scaffold at Old Melbourne Gaol. The drawing served as a preliminary study for the illustration of the hanging published in The Bulletin, Vol. 12, No. 641, 28 May 1892 (45×29.5cm). Together with a carte de visite photograph of Deeming wearing a long coat and top hat, with a handwritten brief account of his life and crimes verso (15x7cm)

PROVENANCE:
Collection Late Kenneth F. Russell (1911-1987), Professor of Anatomy and Medical History, University of Melbourne.

Estimate $1,000-2,000