XCF257192 View of Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) in the pillory at Temple Bar surrounded by a crowd (coloured engraving) (see also 230551) by Crowe, Eyre (1824-1910) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: 29th July 1703 Defoe began to serve a three day sentence in the pillory at Charing Cross, part of his punishment for the \'seditious libel\' of \'The Shortest Way with Dissenters\'; Defoe managed to so charm the crowd with \'Hymn to the Pillory\' written in Newgate Prison that they presented him with flowers rather than rocks;); English, out of copyright.