West End riots: shops damaged by rioters, 1886
The damage caused by rioters to Mr Archard's jewellery shop, on South Audley Street, during the 1886 West End riots. At an open air meeting of unemployed East End dock workers and artisans in Trafalgar Square, the people were stirred to violence following incendiary speeches, and rioted, causing havoc in the fashionable streets of the West End
Picture No
11095657
Media ID
46121773
Size
4973px x 4112px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed sketch in The Illustrated London News, 13th February 1886, page 176
Date
1886































