Eliza Canning from the Life mb-code 42-63421181 A male figure divided vertically

A male figure divided vertically

entertaining kings

The market stall in the centre of the image appears to be selling cabbages

shipwrights

Eliza Canning from the Life mb-code 42-63421181 A male figure divided vertically'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