Sujet

Assassination of Spencer Perceval, 1812 (1906). Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Assassination of Spencer Perceval, 1812 (1906). Perceval was shot and killed in the lobby of the House of Commons by John Bellingham, a merchant who had been wrongly imprisoned in Russia. He bore a grievance against the British government after it had rejected his petitions for compensation. From "Cassell's Illustrated History of England, Vol. V". [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1906]. (Colorised black and white print).

Date

1906

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM26A36_235

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

71.5Mo (7.6Mo) / 35.2cm x 50.9cm / 4161 x 6008 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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