[Porteous dragged to the place of execution] [graphic].[1805]engJohn Porteous, Captain of the Edinburgh City Guard, being attacked by a mob in the streets. Porteous resists as two men hold a rope around his neck; a third man holds him from behind. Additional rioters, some holding torches, are seen in the shadows of buildings in the backgroundTitle devised by cataloger.Publication information from that of the volume in which the illustration appears.Seven lines of letterpress text below image: The populace assembled in different bodies about ten o'clock at night. ... They broke open the prison doors, dragged Porteus from thence to the place of execution ...Illustration from: Smollett, T. The History of England from the Revolution in 1688, to the Death of George II. London : J. Wallis, 1805, volume 3, opposite page 281.