File:Jack Sheppard - Thornhill.jpg

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Description	Sketch of 18th-century thief Jack Sheppard shortly before his execution in 1724.
Source	National Portrait Gallery
Date	1724
Author	Sir James Thornhill
Permission ( Reusing this file)	see below
Other versions	Engraving

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