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Facts

Date c. 1838 - c. 1848
Location United Kingdom

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Thomas Cooper
British writer
Lovett, detail of an engraving
William Lovett
British politician
Feargus O'Connor, detail of an engraving
Feargus Edward O’Connor
Irish leader
John Frost, engraving by W. Read after a painting.
John Frost
British social reformer
O'Brien, James Bronterre
James Bronterre O’Brien
British radical
William James Linton
American engraver and author