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1. No popery, or, Newgate reformer [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [9 June 1780]
- Call Number:
- 780.06.09.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The half length figure of a ruffianly man, shouting "Down with the Bank" and raising in both hands a stick or bar. In his hat is a ribbon favour inscribed "No Popery". On the right and behind is the façade of Newgate in flames."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Newgate reformer
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., The ficticious publisher "I. Catch" probably refers to Jack Ketch or the hangman. See British Museum catalogue., Four lines of verse below title: Tho' he says he's a Protestant, look at the print, the face and the bludgeon will give you a hint, religion he cries, in hopes to deceive, while his practice is only to burn and to thieve., and Watermark: SEC[?] 1828.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the Act directs, June 9th, 1780, by I. Catch of St. Giles's
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London
- Subject (Name):
- Newgate (Prison : London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Gordon Riots, 1780, Vandalism, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > No popery, or, Newgate reformer [graphic].
2. No popery, or, Newgate reformer [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [9 June 1780] and [approximately 1868?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 29. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The half length figure of a ruffianly man, shouting "Down with the Bank" and raising in both hands a stick or bar. In his hat is a ribbon favour inscribed "No Popery". On the right and behind is the façade of Newgate in flames."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Newgate reformer
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], The ficticious publisher "I. Catch" probably refers to Jack Ketch or the hangman. See British Museum catalogue., Four lines of verse below title: Tho' he says he's a Protestant, look at the print, the face and the bludgeon will give you a hint, religion he cries, in hopes to deceive, while his practice is only to burn and to thieve., Cf. Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist, page 31., and On leaf 29 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs, June 9th, 1780, by I. Catch of St. Giles's [i.e. Field & Tuer] and Field & Tuer
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London
- Subject (Name):
- Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 5679 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5. and Newgate (Prison : London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Gordon Riots, 1780, Vandalism, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > No popery, or, Newgate reformer [graphic].
3. The mob destroying & setting fire to the Kings Bench Prison & House of Correction in St. Georges Fields [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1 August 1780]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 L847 750
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 54. London and its environs about 1750.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- 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. 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
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The mob destroying & setting fire to the Kings Bench Prison & House of Correction in St. Georges Fields [graphic].
4. The mob destroying & setting fire to the Kings Bench Prison & House of Correction in St. Georges Fields [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1 August 1780]
- Call Number:
- 780.08.01.04
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 54. London and its environs about 1750.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- 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., 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
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The mob destroying & setting fire to the Kings Bench Prison & House of Correction in St. Georges Fields [graphic].
