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English: Cock Lane as seen in MEMOIRS OF EXTRAORDINARY POPULAR DELUSIONS AND THE Madness of Crowds, 1852
Date
Source Original sketch found in: Mackay, Charles (1852) "Haunted Houses" in Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, London: Office of the National Illustrated Library, pp. p. 228 Retrieved on 28 June 2009.
Author Unknown (not noted in book), the Office of the National Illustrated Library no longer exists and it is very unlikely its records of its illustrators are preserved to this date.
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Haunting of Cock Lane

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Cock Lane

Cock Lane ghost

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Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current17:02, 16 September 2011Thumbnail for version as of 17:02, 16 September 2011776 × 909 (351 KB)QuibikRemoved the patterned noise and increased contrast.
18:28, 22 December 2009Thumbnail for version as of 18:28, 22 December 2009776 × 909 (784 KB)Parrot of DoomLarger higher resolution version, taken from ''Cock Lane Ghost'', Grant (1965)
22:22, 27 June 2009Thumbnail for version as of 22:22, 27 June 2009381 × 455 (78 KB)Parrot of Doom{{Information |Description={{en|1=Cock Lane as seen in MEMOIRS OF EXTRAORDINARY POPULAR DELUSIONS AND THE Madness of Crowds, 1852}} |Source=http://www.gutenberg.org/files/24518/24518-h/dvii.html#image62 |Author=CHARLES MACKAY, LL.D. |Date=1852 |Permission

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