The mob destroying & setting fire to the Kings Bench Prison & House of Correction in St. Georges Fields [graphic].

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Title: The mob destroying & setting fire to the Kings Bench Prison & House of Correction in St. Georges Fields [graphic].
Contributor: Fielding and Walker, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 August 1780]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd the 1st of Augst. 1780, by Fielding & Walker, Pater Noster Row
Abstract: "The mob active in the foreground throwing stones, beating sticks and setting fire to the surrounding buildings of the prison; men run to the left holding a flag with "No Popery"; a woman in ragged clothes in central foreground holding up large rocks, a child at her side."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 19.8 x 37.3 cm.
Imperfect; trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint from bottom edge.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss collection v. 3.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 21.1 x 32.9 cm, on sheet 24 x 34 cm
Language: English

Genre: Engravings England London 1780
Etchings England London 1780
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
London.
Subject (Name): King's Bench Prison (London, England),
Subject (Topic): Gordon Riots, 1780
Prisons
Fires
Vandalism
Riots
Arson
Crowds
Flags
Subjects: King's Bench Prison (London, England)
Gordon Riots, 1780
Prisons > England > London
Fires > England > London
Vandalism > England > London
Riots
Arson
Crowds
Flags
England > London > 1780
Comerford, James > Ownership

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