1 Postcard showing the RMS Ormuz leaving Sydney. (Reproduced by permission of Chris Tyrer)
2 Postcard showing Grosvenor Place, c.1900; scene of the fatal accident involving Elizabeth Gibbs. (Author’s collection)
3 Looking west down Piccadilly near the scene of the fatal accident involving James Langley. (Courtesy of The Queen’s London, 1896)
4 Clare Market, 1891, scene of the alleged killing of George Best. (Courtesy of the Illustrated London News)
5 A woman and child outside a common lodging house in East London. (From How To Help, Mrs G.S. Reaney, 1888)
6 Punch cartoon from 1888 depicting ‘The Sweater’s Furnace: or, The real “curse” of labour’. (Author’s collection)
7 View of Trafalgar Square, scene of the 1887 riot. (Courtesy of The Queen’s London, 1896)
8 View of New Scotland Yard, constructed on top of the basement where the torso of a woman was discovered. (Courtesy of The Queen’s London, 1896)
9 Illustration of the Marylebone murder of Lucy Clark in the Penny Illustrated Paper of 4 February 1888. (Reproduced by permission of the British Library)
10 Punch cartoon ‘Blind Man’s Buff’ from 22 September 1888, poking fun at the police’s inability to catch their man. (Author’s collection)
11 From the Illustrated London News, 1888: ‘With the Vigilance Committee in the East End.’ (Author’s collection)
12 ‘The Nemesis of Neglect’ from Punch, 29 September 1888, suggesting that the murders were the inevitable result of social deprivation. (Author’s collection)
13 Punch cartoon ‘Whitechapel, 1888’ from 13 October 1888; another shot at the Metropolitan Police. The caption read: ‘First member of criminal “Criminal Class” – “Fine body o’ men, the Per-leece.” Second ditto – “Uncommon fine! It’s lucky for hus as there’s sech a bloomin’ few on ’em!!!”’ (Author’s collection)
14 Punch cartoon from 13 October 1888: ‘Horrible London’, suggesting some link between sensationalist publications and the Whitechapel murders. (Author’s collection)
15 Punch cartoon from 20 October 1888: ‘Is Detection a Failure?’ It blames the ‘sensationalist interviewer’ for interfering with the detective’s work. (Author’s collection)
16 Collage of the Regent’s Park murder and suspects, from the front page of the Illustrated Police News, 2 June 1888. (Reproduced by permission of the British Library)
17 At court in the Old Bailey. (Courtesy of The Queen’s London, 1896)
18 View of Newgate Gaol before it was demolished and rebuilt in the early twentieth century. (Courtesy of The Queen’s London, 1896)
19 Advert for Hudson’s Soap in the Graphic in December 1888, which plays on the perception of crime in London. (Author’s collection)
20 ‘New London’ cartoon in Punch’s Almanac for 1889. ‘Mr Punch’s Design for a Grand Historical Allegorical Almaniacal Picture for 1889 “The old order changeth, yielding place to new”.’ (Author’s collection)