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Henry William Brewer: The Dynamite Explosions in London, at the Houses of Parliament.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Henry William Brewer  (1836–1903)  wikidata:Q42226137
 
Henry William Brewer
Alternative names
H. W. Brewer
Description painter and drawer
Date of birth/death 1836 Edit this at Wikidata 1903 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Oxford
Work period 1858 Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q42226137
from a sketch and description by Miss Davies, an eye-witness
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The Graphic
Title
The Dynamite Explosions in London, at the Houses of Parliament.
Object type print
object_type QS:P31,Q11060274
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English: The Dynamite Explosions in London, at the Houses of Parliament. Illustration for The Graphic, 31 January 1885.

24 Jan 1885: Bomb explosion in the House of Commons chamber. Fenian dynamite campaign.

24 Jan 1885: Three bombs exploded in London, in the House of Commons chamber, in Westminster Hall and in the Banqueting Room of the Tower of London. Two police officers and four civilians were injured. Two men; Henry Burton and James E. Gilbert, were sentenced to penal servitude for life as a result.

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The front cover of The Graphic, 31 January, 1885, reporting on dynamite explosions at the Houses of Parliament, part of a bombing campaign by the Irish Republican Brotherhood, nickname the Fenians. Three bombs exploded on 24 January 1885. The upper right picture shows the scene of the explosion in the House of Commons chamber, and the upper left the effect of that explosion on the stonework of the doorway. The lower picture shows the explosion in Westminster Hall, from a sketch and description by an eyewitness, Miss Davies.
Depicted place Palace of Westminster
Date 31 January 1885
date QS:P571,+1885-01-31T00:00:00Z/11
Medium Wood engraving
Source/Photographer The Graphic

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