Title

Rebecca Riots, South Wales, 1840s, (1900). Artist: Unknown

Caption

Rebecca Riots, South Wales, 1840s, (1900). Farmers against economic and agrarian depression following the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Men and boys, many dressed as women, attacking a turnpike gate in protest at charges at tollgates on public roads. Another of their main targets was union workhouses. The riots broke out in south-west Wales in 1839 and again in 1842-1844 and were motivated by a variety of grievances including rural poverty, increased tithe charges and the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1900

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C21_500

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (4,8Mb) / 11,6in x 16,8in / 3474 x 5028 (300dpi)

Keywords

people male boy boys man men Wales politics night country guy crime violence burning fire British attacking poor poverty location Victorian century Britain toll concept violent Welsh protest time of day B&W arson riot MONOCHROME cross-dressing 19th century turnpike black & white black and white B W nineteenth century rioting The Print Collector political act Rebecca Riots rioter engraving Unknown Robert Wilson Robert Wilson Robert Wilson engraving