The riot in Broad Street on the seventh of June 1780 [engraving]
1790
P&E L2013F209f
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Title
The riot in Broad Street on the seventh of June 1780 [engraving]
Published
[London : John and Josiah Boydell, 1790].
Description
1 print ; 61 x 44 cm.
Call Number
P&E L2013F209f
System Control No.
(OCoLC)497209290
Note
Signed: Painted by Fras. Wheatly; Engrav'd by Jas. Heath.
Wheatley's painting was destroyed in a fire at James Heath's house in 1789 but the copperplate was saved. Boydell had paid Wheatley £200 for its use. In 1802, this print was still being sold by Boydells at 1 guinea.
Depiction of the Gordon Riots (named for Lord George Gordon, president of the Protestant Association); the London mob who protested against the repeal of anti-Catholic laws in England was confronted with the forces of the City of London militia.
Digitized image available online, see URL.
Wheatley's painting was destroyed in a fire at James Heath's house in 1789 but the copperplate was saved. Boydell had paid Wheatley £200 for its use. In 1802, this print was still being sold by Boydells at 1 guinea.
Depiction of the Gordon Riots (named for Lord George Gordon, president of the Protestant Association); the London mob who protested against the repeal of anti-Catholic laws in England was confronted with the forces of the City of London militia.
Digitized image available online, see URL.
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