ORIGINAL ENGRAVING. The Gordon Riots, Newgate Prison. An exact representation...
ORIGINAL ENGRAVING. The Gordon Riots, Newgate Prison. An exact representation of the Burning, Plundering and Destruction of Newgate by the rioters, on the memorable 7th of June 1780. Printed c1780. 42.5cm x 26cm. Mounted onto recent paper. Printers details and title cropped from the lower Margin. **During the 1780 Gordon Riots, an anti-Catholic mob burned Newgate Prison to the ground after the warden refused to surrender the keys. The rioters freed over 300 inmates, including those on death row. Henry Roberts.
ORIGINAL ENGRAVING. The Gordon Riots, Newgate Prison. An exact representation of the Burning, Plundering and Destruction of Newgate by the rioters, on the memorable 7th of June 1780. Printed c1780. 42.5cm x 26cm. Mounted onto recent paper. Printers details and title cropped from the lower Margin. **During the 1780 Gordon Riots, an anti-Catholic mob burned Newgate Prison to the ground after the warden refused to surrender the keys. The rioters freed over 300 inmates, including those on death row. Henry Roberts.
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