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.
Leaf 54 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Provenance: Formerly owned by James Comerford, with his armorial bookplate in the volume. Thorp; July 1937.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 21.1 x 32.9 cm, on sheet 24 x 34 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English