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

    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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