Two Irishmen in Brighton open a smuggled barrel of what they think is whiskey with a red-hot poker, but it contains gunpowder and explodes. Etching after Cruikshank.

  • Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
Date:
Jany. 12. 1808
Reference:
31531i
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Two Irishmen in Brighton open a smuggled barrel of what they think is whiskey with a red-hot poker, but it contains gunpowder and explodes. Etching after Cruikshank. Wellcome Collection. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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