'No Popery or Newgate Reformer ...', 1780. Artist: Anon

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'No Popery or Newgate Reformer ...', 1780. A villainous looking man, believed to be Ned Dennis, wearing a No Popery favour in his hat, holds a cudgel raised to his left. Behind his right shoulder appears Newgate Prison in flames. A satire on the Gordon Riots of 1780.

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Photo credit: © The London Archives (City of London)/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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