Gordon rioters in front of Newgate, which is in flames. This is a more or less exact representation of the scene (with some details introduced which occurred elsewhere during the riots) as described in letters, &amp;c, in the press, and by the witnesses at the subsequent trials - a combination of frenzy, drunkenness, and good humour. Flames are pouring from the central façade of the prison, a man on a ladder holds up a torch and a hammer.   The foreground is crowded with figures.   There are three 'No Popery' flags. A man on horseback (right) harangues the mob with a drawn sword saying 'Courage my boys this is for the glory of the good old Cause'. Released prisoners (right) still in irons are talking and drinking with young women. On the left a. smith removes the irons from a prisoner. A black wields an axe, another carries off a large box.   On the left a man is delivering pamphlets inscribed 'England in Blood', 'The Scourge', and 'The Thunderer'. These were very inflammatory pamphlets directed against the Government, the King, Lord Mansfield, &amp;c, published on the eve of the riots by W. Moore, against whom Wilkes issued a warrant on 10 June. De Castro, 'Gordon Riots', p. 191, see also BMSat 5829. A man stands on an improvised platform holding up a sword and a paper inscribed 'Death or Liberty &amp; No Popery'. The keys of the prison are held up on a pitchfork. A man rings a hand-bell.  A man (left) sits on the box-seat of a coach waving his hat.  A woman wheels a drunken man in a wheelbarrow.  A released prisoner in irons is carried on a man's shoulders, he waves his hat, calling 'No Popery d--m my eyes'. Almost all the men wear ribbon favours in their hats, the blue ribbon of the Protestant Association.  10 July 1781
<br>Etching with engraving
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<p>Print made by: Henry Roberts
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<dl><dd>After: Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale (?)</dd>
<dd>Published by: P Mitchell</dd>
<dd>Published by: Fielding &amp; Walker</dd></dl></div>
1781<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1781-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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