Charles I
Maker
(artist)
1600-1699
1600-1699
Title
Charles I
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Height: 20.9 cm
Width: 15.6 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
Keywords
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 .
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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