[Porteous dragged to the place of execution] [graphic].

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Title: [Porteous dragged to the place of execution] [graphic].
Alternative Title: George the Second
Published / Created: [1805]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: J. Wallis
Abstract: John Porteous, Captain of the Edinburgh City Guard, being attacked by a mob in the streets. Porteous resists as two men hold a rope around his neck; a third man holds him from behind. Additional rioters, some holding torches, are seen in the shadows of buildings in the background
Description: Title devised by cataloger.
Publication information from that of the volume in which the illustration appears.
Seven lines of letterpress text below image: The populace assembled in different bodies about ten o'clock at night. ... They broke open the prison doors, dragged Porteus from thence to the place of execution ...
Illustration from: Smollett, T. The History of England from the Revolution in 1688, to the Death of George II. London : J. Wallis, 1805, volume 3, opposite page 281.
Provenance: Gift of Joseph Verner Reed (Yale 1926) to the Yale Library, 1958. Portions were transferred to Lewis Walpole Library 1960. For other items from this gift refer to Beinecke Library's GEN MSS 1000.
Extent: 1 print : image 7 x 11 cm, on sheet 21.7 x 14 cm
Language: English

Genre: Book illustrations
Wood engravings England London 1805
Material: wood engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Edinburgh (Scotland)
Subject (Name): Porteous, John, -1736.
Subject (Topic): Criminals
Crowds
Riots
Subjects: Porteous, John, -1736
Edinburgh (Scotland)
Criminals
Crowds
Riots
England > London > 1805

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