Original Title
Alternative Title: Scene of Battle', 'Mounted Cavalry Charging A Crowd
Description
Credit: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Inscription
Inscribed in graphite, lower center: "4"
Descriptive Medium
Watercolor with pen and black ink, over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream, wove paper
Image Licence
Public Domain, Yale Center for British Art
Image Credit
image credit Yale Center for British Art
Location
Southbank, London, England
Country
England
Medium
Watercolour
Tags
Category
People & Society
TWW Comment
The riot began on the 12th July 1795, when a man was refused beer at a public house and was able to compell a mob to destroy the furnishings of said house. They assembled again the next day in St. George's Fields, Southwark, and sacked a recruiting house there before being broken up by the Surrey Fencibles.