Immolation of the Jew! Henry Milbourne Horse Guards Parade

Horse Guards Parade

A windmill on Blackheath

with its front paws resting on a page inscribed

Bird's-eye view of Holborn Viaduct

Immolation of the Jew! Henry Milbourne Horse Guards Parade'Immolation of the Jew!', 1835. A platform with a steaming cauldron labelled Christian intolerance. Two figures stand over the cauldron, to which ascends David Salomons, refusing the Lord Mayor's entreaty to renounce the Jewish faith in order to become an Alderman. Salomons was a leading figure in the campaign for Jewish emancipation in Britain in the 19th century. He was eventually elected an Alderman in 1847 and went on to become the first Jewish