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At left two boys warm themselves at a stove

There are decorated barges covering this section of the River Thames

and water vessels on the River Thames

To the left of them an elegant carriage advances from south London into Southwark

Political meeting at Smithfield, London Finish:Stretched At left two boys warmPolitical meeting at Smithfield, London, 1819. A meeting of radical reformers presided over by Henry Hunt on July 21st 1819. People crowd towards the makeshift platform made from a cart where Hunt is speaking, with his supporters behind holding placards advocating political ideals including universal suffrage.

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