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 1780
- Reference:
- 37719i
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Two large buildings are shown as on fire: on the right, one with a high curved wall around it, appears to be the Kings Bench Prison. The one on the left has a low wall in front, and has a pediment in the centre of the facade: and does not have the same geographical relation to the prison as the Surrey House of Correction had
Publication/Creation
[London] (Pater Noster Row) : Publish'd ... by Fielding & Walker, The 1st of Aug.st 1780.
Physical description
1 print : etching, with engraving ; sheet 18.1 x 30.8 cm
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The mob destroying & setting fire to the Kings Bench Prison & House of Correction in St. Georges Fields.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 37719i
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