The Great Chartist Meeting on Kennington Common

Daguerreotype of a large crowd of supporters of the Chartist movement gathered together on Kennington Common. Among the crowd to the left there is a platform for the speakers, and a number of people hold banners and flags. Behind the crowd there are buildings and a tall factory (which made vitriol, sulphuric acid) chimney. In the foreground there is a man riding a horse.

This daguerreotype reco…