Description
Print. Coloured aquatint. The Rev. Dr. Priestley's House and Elaboratory, Fair-Hill. Drawn by P.H. Witton Jnr. ; Engraved by Wm. Ellis. London, Published 1 May 1792 by J. Johnson, St Paul's Churchyard. Image 13x18.7cm, platemark 19x24.1cm on sheet 21x27cm. View of exterior of estate from roadside; house destroyed by mob, 1791, from 'Views of the Houses destroyed during the Riots of Birmingham', 1791. In frame 30x34x1.5cm
Additional Makers: William Ellis
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Image Licence
CC BY-NC-SA
Image Credit
Courtesy of the Science Museum
Location
Fairhill, Sparkbrook, Birmingham, England
Country
England
Medium
Print
Tags
Category
Buildings & Architecture
TWW Comment
Joseph Priestley was an English Separatist theologian, scientist, educator and political theorist whose Birmingham home was attacked in 1791 by a mob targetting religious dissenters in the city.
