Catalogue Number
NMLH.2000.10.817
Object Name
Print
Title
Manchester Heroes: Cut Them Down, Don't Be Afraid, They Are Not Armed....
Place
St Peter's Fields & Manchester & Lancashire & England & UK
People
Hunt, Henry; children
Events
Peterloo Massacre
Date
1819
Creator(s)
Cruikshank, I R
Description
Peterloo print, 1819. The Peterloo Massacre was international news. Radical printers produced many anti-government prints, including thin one. The prints symbolise the struggle between working people's campaigns for political reform and oppression by the authoritiesThe two foremost horsed yeomanry saying: Cut Him Down, Cut Him Down; None But The Brave Deserve The Fair
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