Richard Pigott
(1828?-1889), Irish journalist and forgerSitter in 1 portrait
The Irish journalist who confessed to having forged the incriminating letter. On the first day, 21 February 1889, of Sir Charles Russell's cross-examination, Hall recorded Russell's injunction: ''Now Mr Pigott pull yourself together''. After his confession, Pigott fled to Madrid and committed suicide on being apprehended by the police in an hotel there.
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, published in The Graphic 2 March 1889
NPG 2234
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