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Fairhill, the house of Joseph Priestley in Sparkbrook, Birmingham, after its destruction by rioters. Aquatint by W. Ellis after P.H. Witton, 1792.

Views of the ruins of the principal houses destroyed during the riots at Birmingham = Vues des ruines des principaux batiments qui ont souffert dans les emeutes de Birmingham

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Views of the ruins of the principal houses destroyed during the riots at Birmingham = Vues des ruines des principaux batiments qui ont souffert dans les emeutes de Birmingham

Fairhill, the house of Joseph Priestley in Sparkbrook, Birmingham, after its destruction by rioters. Aquatint by W. Ellis after P.H. Witton, 1792.