The Tryal of the King The Army having purg'd the House of Commons and left none but their own Creatures to sit there [...]
[Anon., c1750] Engraving, sheet 180 x 225mm (7 x 9"). Trimmed; tipped into album sheet. The trial of Charles I (1600-49), which took place at Westminster Hall over six days in January 1649, after the king was charged of treason against England by using his power to further his personal interests rather than those of the country. The king is in the dock, wearing a hat, facing to the right. The king was found guilty, and executed by beheading outside the Banqueting House of Whitehall palace shortly after. Copy of an earlier print, one of a set depicting scenes from the life of Charles I, published by John Bowles in 1628. For the complete set of Bowles' scenes from the life of Charles I see ref. 33980.
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England's Royal Pattern; or the History of King Charles ye first, from his Marriage to his Death. The Marriage of the King 1625.
L. Cheron Pinx. [n.d., c.1750.] Engraving, 18th century watermark. 405 x 460mm (16 x 18") very large margins. Small split in centre fold margin. The marriage by proxy of Charles I and Henrietta Maria, after Louis Chéron (1660 - 1725). A copy of the print engraved by Nicholas Gabriel Depuis for the series 'The Most Remarkable Transactions of the Reign of Charles I', commissioned by Thomas Bowles in 1728.
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