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Charles I

Maker

(artist)
1600-1699

Title

Charles I

Medium

Engraving

Dimensions

Height: 20.9 cm
Width: 15.6 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.3749

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: upper left within image, printed: O horrable Murder.

Inscription: Recto: lower centre margin, printed: But lo a Charg is dranne, a day is set / The silent Lamb is brought, the Wolves are met; / And where's the Slaughter house? Whitehall must be, / Lately his Palace, now his Calvarie / And now, ye Senators, is this the thing / So oft declar'd Is this your glorious King ? / Religion vails her self; and mourns that she / Is forc'd to own such Horrid Villanie.

Inscription: Recto: upper left margin, handwritten in pencil: K. C. the 1st.

Inscription: Recto: upper right margin, handwritten in pencil: [illegible] print.

Stamp: Recto: upper right margin, stamped: WITT / LIBRARY

Inscription: Recto: lower centre margin, handwritten in pen: BRITISH SCHOOL / Charles I .

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