Societatis Iesu Sacerdos R.P. Gulielmus Irlandus. fidei odio suspensus et dissectus Ad Tybourn prope Londinium 24. Januar. 1678. 3. febr: 1679.
Cor. van Merlen. [n.d., c.1720.] Engraving, 145 x 98mm. Rare portrait of William Ireland (1636 - 1679), a Jesuit and martyr from Lincolnshire. He was executed during the reign of King Charles II for participating in the 'Popish Plot' against the king. By Cornelis van Merlen (1654 - 1723), Flemish engraver and publisher in Antwerp, in 1666 he was a student at Antwerp's Guild. Not in BM.
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