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WITTON, P.H. (art).
Views of the Ruins of the Principal Houses Destroyed during the Riots at Birmingham.
The Birmingham Riots, or the Priestley Riots, occurred from the 14 July to the 17 July 1791, when rioters, fuelled by anti-Dissenter feeling, mixed with alcohol and a fear of French Revolutionary thought, burned down several Dissenter chapels and several houses of prominent local Dissenters, and members of the Lunar Society, like Joseph Priestley.
- Published
- London: [J. Johnson], 1792.
- References
- Abbey Scenery 48 (uncoloured copy); Bobins 911.
- Plates
- 8
- Binding/Size
- S=8vo
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- London: [J. Johnson], 1792.
- Ref
- 5420
Oblong 4to, eight aquatint plates by W. Ellis after Witton. Contemporary black cloth, morocco title label on upper board, original printed wrappers bound in, printed in English and French. Marbled endpapers. MS signature to title page. A leaf of text with each plate. Coloured plates in order: 1. The New Meeting. 2. The Rev. Dr. Priestley's House and Elaboratory, Fair-hill. 3. Baskerville House, the Residence of John Ryland Esq. 4. Bordesley Hall, the Set of John Taylor Esq. 5. The House of William Hutton Esq. Saltley. 6. The House of George Humphreys Esq. Spark Brook. 7. The House of William Russel Esq. Showell Green. 8. Moseley Hall, the Residence of Lady Carhampton.
