Catalogue Number
NMLH.2000.10.771
Object Name
Print
Title
The Field Of Peterloo
Place
Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
Events
Peterloo Massacre
Date
1820
Creator(s)
Description
Poltical print of Peterloo massacre - soldiers with sabres on horseback executing and trampling frightened people including women holding babies. The crowd hold a banner calling for 'Reform'.
The Peterloo Massacre was international news. Radical printers produced many anti-government prints, including this one. The prints symbolise the struggle between working people's campaigns for political reform and oppression by the authorities.
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