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A rioter in the Gordon Riots has a cudgel in his hand and Newgate Prison is on fire in the background. Etching attributed to J. Gillray.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: June 9th 1780Reference: 36239i- Pictures
George Clarke, having been bludgeoned on the head in riots at an election meeting n Brentford, Middlesex, is treated by a surgeon and a physician: around them stand six doctors proposing different cures, and eight election officials playing down his illness. Etching, 1769.
Date: [1769]Reference: 2477064i
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Men with clubs break down the door of a London brothel to take their revenge for being robbed. Engraving, ca. 1795.
Date: [1749?]Reference: 27976i
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Characters from the play 'The chosen people' (The Jews, Evrei), at the Avenue Theatre. Pen drawing by A.S. Boyd, 1925.
Boyd, A. S. (Alexander Stuart), 1854-1930.Date: 1905Reference: 21915i- Pictures
A rowdy scene in the House of Commons. Etching by G. Cruikshank, ca. 1840.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: [1840?/1850]Reference: 588786i