Jack The RIPPER - Infamous Whitechapel Murderer 1888 - Ripperologist

Step back if you will to Whitechapel, London, the year 1888. The infamous serial killer Jack the Ripper stalks the streets almost ghostlike as his reign of terror struck fear into the hearts and minds of those living and working in the Eastend of London. Many are living in grinding poverty - overcrowding, insanitary conditions, large families, slum housing, casualised unreliable employment - it's a struggle to survive.

The Nemesis of Neglect illustration in the satirical magazine Punch captures it well:

"There floats a phantom on the slum’s foul air
Shaping, to eyes which have the gift of seeing,
Into the spectre of that loathly lair.
Face it – for vain is fleeing.
Red-handed, ruthless, furtive, un-erect,
'Tis murderous crime, the nemesis of neglect"

In this Hell on earth many women have little choice but to turn to prostitution when times are hard to feed their children, to survive. The Ripper callously preyed upon such unfortunate women.

My creation focuses upon the five canonical victims of Jack the Ripper although it is claimed by some that he may have murdered upto 11 women with murders bearing similar hallmarks occurring as late as 1891. This macabre map shows the location of each murder including the date and an illustration of the scene from the Illustrated Police News, a contemporary newspaper. Jack the Ripper was never caught and theories abound unabated proposed by Ripperologists to this day.

Features:

• A striking title "Jack the Ripper - Whitechapel 1888" written in blood (well not real blood!)
• Illustrations related to each victim from the Illustrated Police News
• A card giving details of the victim in a suitably Victorian stylised font
• Four apparitions in the border including a sinister, knife-wielding maniacal figure and the "Nemesis of Neglect"
• Excerpt from an accurate and stylish Stanford Victorian London map of which the terror unfolded

This is a truly wonderful work is pleasing to the eye and much sought after. It is sure to be a conversation piece in any living room and would look stunning framed. Please note this piece is print only and the frame used is purely for illustrative purposes only.