The true maner [manner] of the execution of Thomas Earle of Strafford

Thomas Wentworth|Wenceslaus Hollar

1641 · Etching; third state of three · Drawings and Prints

The true maner [manner] of the execution of Thomas Earle of Strafford — Thomas Wentworth|Wenceslaus Hollar

Execution of Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford; crowds of spectators standing in wooden stands, one of them collapsing, or on the ground around a raised platform in the middle with the executioner holding an axe, Strafford, his kindred and friends, Bishop Usher and Sherriffs; the Tower of London in the background

Artist
Thomas Wentworth|Wenceslaus Hollar
Date
1641
Medium
Etching; third state of three
Department
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917

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