Gordon Riots, Newgate Prison, London Size:S: 60 x 45cm Cattle at Smithfield Market

Cattle at Smithfield Market

seen from across the River Thames

Peckham High Street

Monument to Edmund Crouchback

'The Inside of a Newly Reformed Workhouse with all Abuses Removed'

Gordon Riots, Newgate Prison, London Size:S: 60 x 45cm Cattle at Smithfield MarketView of rioters setting fire to Newgate Prison, London, 1780 and burning Mr Akerman's furniture. In the crowd on the right a flag is held with the writing 'No Popery' on it. This riot formed part of the Gordon Riots. Lord George Gordon, a retired navy lieutenant, was strongly opposed to proposals for Catholic Emancipation. On 2nd June, 1780, Gordon led a crowd of 50,000 people to the House of Commons to present a petition for the repeal of the 1778