Talk:Ruth Bowyer

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A fact from Ruth Bowyer appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 21 December 2013 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that in 1786, English kitchen maid Ruth Bowyer was sentenced to seven years penal transportation for the theft of five spoons?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2013/December. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ruth Bowyer.

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How embarrassing!

I meant to leave this message on the talk page and accidentally stuck it in the middle of the article. My apologies. I'll try again. Amandajm (talk) 09:38, 21 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Gustave Dore illustration

The picture by Gustave Dore dates from 1872, more than 80 years after Ruth Bowyer's internment. It shows the men's exercise yard. It isn't relevant toBowyer or to this article, and to use it promotes a misunderstanding which is non-encyclopedic.

There is a case for the use of this image [1] as it shows the gaol with its living quarters in a manner that constitutes an accurate record rather than an emotive image.

Amandajm (talk) 09:30, 21 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Fair point. There's also this picture of Newgate, which is a little more contemporary than the exercise yard image. Or there's this image of the Old Bailey in session. However none of them - these, the map or the Dore illustration - are either immediately contemporary or lend themselves to the specifics of the Bowyer article. The biggest issue is that we have so few Commons pics of the historic Newgate or of the court.

Anyway, feel free to change the image or remove it entirely if you think it detracts from the article. Euryalus (talk) 11:18, 21 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Have changed the image. Euryalus (talk) 05:37, 12 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]