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A stable on fire at night: a man leads two horses past a lamenting couple and a dead man. Etching with engraving by C. Visscher after P. van Laer.
Laer, Pieter van, approximately 1592-1642.Date: 1600-1699Reference: 43717i
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St George's Fields, Southwark: anti-Catholic rioters in the Gordon riots wielding sticks, displaying banners, and setting buildings on fire. Etching, 1780.
Date: The 1st of Aug.st 1780Reference: 37719i- Pictures
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Sir John Fielding judges a case of arson while surrounded by personifications of perverted justice. Engraving, 1771.
Date: [1771]Reference: 583873i
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Cleopatra setting fire to the sails of a ship . Etching by F. Chauveau., 1648.
Chauveau, François, 1613-1676.Date: 1648Reference: 42964i- Books
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The true narrative of the confession and execution of the three prisoners at Kingstone upon Thames, in the county of Surrie. On Monday the 22th of March, 1679 : With the account of their particular facts for which they suffered, as more particularly the last confession and exhortation of Margaret Clark, who fired her masters house in Southwark. And James Christian for killing the waterman, John Selby, John Seamor alias Herring, three notorious highway men. With the names of the places where they committed the facts, for which they now suffer; and many other remarkable circumstances.
Date: [1680]