EditorialArthur Thistlewood. An authentic History of the Cato-Street Conspiracy. Thomas Kelly: London, 1820. Arthur Thistlewood (1770-1820). English conspirator. Portrait. Instigator of the Cato Street Conspiracy, a plot to assassinate Viscount Castlereagh and ...
EditorialExecution scene. An authentic History of the Cato-Street Conspiracy. Thomas Kelly: London, 1820. The execution of the Cato Street conspirators May 1, 1820'. Arthur Thistlewood and four others were convicted of high treason and hanged. They were also de...
EditorialA true account and declaration of the horrid conspiracy against the late king, His present Majesty, and the government: as it was order'd to be published by His late Majesty : Sprat, Thomas, 1635-1713.
EditorialPortrait of William Davidson. William Davidson (d. 1820) was one of the men arrested for involvement in the Cato Street Conspiracy of 1820. The conspirators had planned to assassinate the entire British cabinet, but were arrested at their hideout in Ca...
EditorialArthur Thistlewood. An authentic History of the Cato-Street Conspiracy. Thomas Kelly: London, 1820. Arthur Thistlewood (1770-1820). English conspirator. Portrait. Instigator of the Cato Street Conspiracy, a plot to assassinate Viscount Castlereagh and ...
EditorialInterior view. An authentic History of the Cato-Street Conspiracy. Thomas Kelly: London, 1820. Interior view'. The capture of the Cato Street conspirators. Image taken from An authentic History of the Cato-Street Conspiracy; with the trials at large o...
EditorialExecution scene. An authentic History of the Cato-Street Conspiracy. Thomas Kelly: London, 1820. The execution of the Cato Street conspirators May 1, 1820'. Arthur Thistlewood and four others were convicted of high treason and hanged. They were also de...
EditorialHorrid alecto, Alecto horrida (nomen dubium). Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder from William Elford Leach's Zoological Miscellany, McMillan, London, 1815.
Editorial" Basiliskenhaus", a gothic building, present facade 1740. The house-sign, a " basilisk", was a fabulous animal whose poisonous breath killed. A plucky Viennese youth held a mirror towards the dragon, which died when it saw its own ...