Charles II
Maker
(artist)
1600-1699
John Chantry (engraver)
active from 1625, died ca. 1662 (Life dates)
1600-1699
John Chantry (engraver)
active from 1625, died ca. 1662 (Life dates)
Title
Charles II
Medium
medium : material : ink & support : material : paper
Dimensions
Height: 21.5 cm
Width: 15.8 cm
Width: 15.8 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.3751
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: within border around frame, printed: Touch / not / my Anoynted / FEARE / GOD / HONOVR / THE KING.
Inscription: Recto: upper margin within image, printed: GODSAVE / THE KING.
Inscription: Recto: on left scroll within image, printed: The manner / how those / Bloody / Traytors / were dranne / from new gate / to place of Execution / murdered / Charles / the / first.
Inscription: Recto: on right scroll within image, printed: The end of / the Traitors / that Murdered / Charles the / first of / Blessed / Memory.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre margin, printed: CHARLES Ye 2d BY THE GRACE OF / GOD KING OF ENGLAND SCOTLAND / FRANCE & IRELAND Defender of ye faith / Began his Reign over his subjects the 30 of January 1648 / at the which time the bloody Regicides so barbarously murdered his father.
Inscription: Recto: lower right margin, printed: J Chantry Sculp
Stamp: Recto: upper right margin, stamped: WITT / LIBRARY.
Stamp: Recto: lower right margin, stamped: M.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre mount, handwritten in pencil: British School.
Inscription: Recto: upper margin within image, printed: GODSAVE / THE KING.
Inscription: Recto: on left scroll within image, printed: The manner / how those / Bloody / Traytors / were dranne / from new gate / to place of Execution / murdered / Charles / the / first.
Inscription: Recto: on right scroll within image, printed: The end of / the Traitors / that Murdered / Charles the / first of / Blessed / Memory.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre margin, printed: CHARLES Ye 2d BY THE GRACE OF / GOD KING OF ENGLAND SCOTLAND / FRANCE & IRELAND Defender of ye faith / Began his Reign over his subjects the 30 of January 1648 / at the which time the bloody Regicides so barbarously murdered his father.
Inscription: Recto: lower right margin, printed: J Chantry Sculp
Stamp: Recto: upper right margin, stamped: WITT / LIBRARY.
Stamp: Recto: lower right margin, stamped: M.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre mount, handwritten in pencil: British School.
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