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The trial at large of James Hill, otherwise James Hind, otherwise James Aitken, commonly known by the name of John the Painter, who was tried and convicted at the assizes held at Winchester, on Thursday March 6, 1777, ... for setting fire to the rope-house in His Majesty's dock-yard at Portsmouth, ... together with the confession ... also the particulars of his life, ...
Aitken, James, 1752-1777.Date: 1777- Pictures
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A stable on fire at night: a man leads two horses past a lamenting couple and a dead man. Etching with engraving by C. Visscher after P. van Laer.
Laer, Pieter van, approximately 1592-1642.Date: 1600-1699Reference: 43717i- Pictures
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St George's Fields, Southwark: anti-Catholic rioters in the Gordon riots wielding sticks, displaying banners, and setting buildings on fire. Etching, 1780.
Date: The 1st of Aug.st 1780Reference: 37719i- Pictures
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Sir John Fielding judges a case of arson while surrounded by personifications of perverted justice. Engraving, 1771.
Date: [1771]Reference: 583873i- Pictures
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Cleopatra setting fire to the sails of a ship . Etching by F. Chauveau., 1648.
Chauveau, François, 1613-1676.Date: 1648Reference: 42964i