The Porteous mob, Edinburgh, Scotland, April 1736

• Contributor: Historical Images Archive / Alamy Stock Photo
• Image ID: MF670W
• File size: 51.4 MB (5.8 MB Compressed download)
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• Dimensions: 4864 x 3695 px | 41.2 x 31.3 cm | 16.2 x 12.3 inches | 300dpi
• Date taken: 1906

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Illustration from an illustrated history of England published 1906. After James Drummond (1816–1877). Info from wiki: The Porteous Riots surrounded the activities of Captain John Porteous, (c. 1695 – 1736), Captain of the City Guard of Edinburgh, Scotland, who was lynched by a mob for his part in the killing of innocent civilians while ordering the men under his command to quell a disturbance during a public hanging in the Grassmarket, Edinburgh in April 1736. Although the rioters were generally supportive of the convicted smugglers, Porteous seems to have been a somewhat overbearing official, despised by the mob and the underclasses of Edinburgh society.

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