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Fairhill, the house of Joseph Priestley in Sparkbrook, Birmingham, after its destruction by rioters

1792 · Wellcome Collection, London

Engraving of a burnt-out house with roofless walls and empty windows, figures standing among the rubble. — William Ellis after Philip Henry Witton junior, 1792. Wellcome Collection · Public domain · Select the picture to zoom and pan.

The ruins of Fair Hill, Priestley’s home and laboratory in Sparkbrook, after the rioters burned it on 14 July 1791. Aquatint by William Ellis after P. H. Witton, published 1 May 1792.

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