Description

showing a thin old woman dressed in one-pound notes

some of which are occupied

shows King George III and Queen Charlotte in a coach on their way to a thanksgiving service for the King's recovery from a severe illness

Clerkenwell'

Siege at the Tower of London brewery showing a thin old womanTower of London under siege during the riots of November 1830. A mob of men, women and children armed with pea shooters, bad eggs, rotten fruit and kitchen and bedroom slops are attacking the Tower, which appears out of a cloud of smoke. Riots on a huge scale were expected on Lord Mayor's Day 1830 but did not develop.

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