Title

A mob carrying Captain John Porteous to his execution, Edinburgh, 1736 (19th century). Artist: Unknown

Caption

A mob carrying Captain John Porteous to his execution, Edinburgh, 1736 (19th century). Captain John Porteous, was a Scottish soldier and Captain of the City Guard of Edinburgh (c1695-1736).
The Print Collector collection

Date

1800

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C44_068

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (8,5Mb) / 12,0in x 16,2in / 3607 x 4847 (300dpi)

Keywords

building buildings carrying people crowd night country castle angry anger Scotland death fortification war location SCOTTISH Victorian century torch soldiers soldier Edinburgh Edinburgh Castle concept rage fury time of day B&W mob MONOCHROME engraving publication execution 19th century black & white black and white B W 18th century Eighteenth Century nineteenth century Scots history The Print Collector TGN engraving Cassell's Illustrated History of England flaming torch John Porteous Unknown John Porteous engraving