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Source Description
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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Document identity
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170713
label
Barnaby Rudge Helping Lead the Gordon Riots
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drawing
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1
Source metadata
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170713
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drawing
title
Barnaby Rudge Helping Lead the Gordon Riots
description
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.
date
1884
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80079792
creators
60587
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Drawing
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 25.4 x 17.6 cm (10 x 6 15/16 in.)
cul
England, 19th century
accession
2013.238
Source extras
tec
watercolor with traces of graphite
tombstone
Barnaby Rudge Helping Lead the Gordon Riots, 1884. Charles Green (British, 1840–1898). Watercolor with traces of graphite; sheet: 25.4 x 17.6 cm (10 x 6 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift in memory of Helen Borowitz, 2013.238
supportMaterials
description
sturdy-weight, blued-white, moderately textured, wove paper
collection
DR - British
inscriptions
inscription
initialed and dated, in brown ink, at lower right: CG / 1884
didYouKnow
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.
citations
citation
<em>Victorian Era Exhibition, 1897: Catalogue, Historical and Commemorative Sections</em>. Exh. Cat. London: Earl's Court, 1897.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 33, no. 69
citation
Lemonedes, Heather. <em>British Drawings: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>Exh. Cat. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2013.
page_number
Mentioned: pp. 128-29, 146, no. 43; Reproduced: p. 129
creditline
Gift in memory of Helen Borowitz
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2026-05-29 08:45:27.734000
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170713
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Drawings
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DR - British
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watercolor with traces of graphite
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male
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0
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photo
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