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Barnaby Rudge Helping Lead the Gordon Riots
Charles Green (British, 1840-1898)1884
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Charles Green was one of the most successful black-and-white illustrators in Victorian England, known especially for his images related to the novels of Charles Dickens. The subject of this drawing relates to the writer's historical novel <em>Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty</em>, based on the Gordon Riots. Here, Green depicted participants in an anti-Catholic protest against the Papists' Act of 1778, the most violent outpouring of religious hatred in 18th-century Britain.
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- Title: Barnaby Rudge Helping Lead the Gordon Riots
- Creator: Charles Green (British, 1840-1898)
- Date Created: 1884
- Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 25.4 x 17.6 cm (10 x 6 15/16 in.)
- Provenance: William Lockwood, Nottingham, (Ramiel M. Howitt, London), Helen and Albert Borowitz, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.238
- Medium: watercolor with traces of graphite
- Inscriptions: initialed and dated, in brown ink, at lower right: CG / 1884
- Fun Fact: This drawing was never published as an illustration, but the character of Barnaby appeared in Charles Green's design for a title page for an edition of Dickens's collected works.
- Department: Drawings
- Culture: England, 19th century
- Credit Line: Gift in memory of Helen Borowitz
- Collection: DR - British
- Accession Number: 2013.238
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