CAMDEN TOWN MURDER INTEREST: 'ART WILL OUT!'

CAMDEN TOWN MURDER INTEREST: 'ART WILL OUT!' A small watercolour sketch by Robert Wood, titled lower left, monogrammed, dated (19)07 and inscribed 'Brixton Prison' lower right, further inscribed in pencil verso 'From R. Wood, Brixton Gaol', 8.5cm x 13.5cmThe Camden Town Murder was a murder which took place in Camden Town, London in 1907. Robert Wood, an artist, was tried for the murder of prostitute Emily Dimmock and acquitted after a brilliant defence by Sir Edward Marshall HallA label on the reverse of this work reads "Sketched in court and given to Sir Edward Marshall Hall QC by Robert Wood, the artist whom he successfully defended on a charge of murder, and given to me by Miss Ella Marshall Hall - C.G.L du Cann"