"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. and Leaf 54 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Publish'd the 1st of Augst. 1780, by Fielding & Walker, Pater Noster Row
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
King's Bench Prison (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Gordon Riots, 1780, Prisons, Fires, Vandalism, Riots, Arson, Crowds, and Flags
"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., and Imperfect; trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint from bottom edge.
Publisher:
Publish'd the 1st of Augst. 1780, by Fielding & Walker, Pater Noster Row
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
King's Bench Prison (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Gordon Riots, 1780, Prisons, Fires, Vandalism, Riots, Arson, Crowds, and Flags
