Gun-Powder Treason.
[Anon., c.1700.]
Hand-coloured engraving from an unidentified publication; image surrounded by red lines. Sheet: 195 x 120mm (7¾ x 4¾").
The eye of heaven condemns Guy Fawkes, who uses a torch to guide him towards the Houses of Parliament at night. The Gunpowder Plot or Gunpowder Treason Plot of 1605, was a failed assassination attempt against King James I of England and VI of Scotland by a group of provincial English Catholics led by Sir Robert Catesby. The plan was to blow up the House of Lords during the State Opening of Parliament on 5 November 1605, as the prelude to a popular revolt in the Midlands during which James's nine-year-old daughter, Princess Elizabeth, was to be installed as the Catholic head of state. Guy Fawkes (1570 - 1606), who had 10 years of military experience fighting in the Spanish Netherlands in suppression of the Dutch Revolt, was given charge of the explosives.
[Ref: 43652] £130.00
Hand-coloured engraving from an unidentified publication; image surrounded by red lines. Sheet: 195 x 120mm (7¾ x 4¾").
The eye of heaven condemns Guy Fawkes, who uses a torch to guide him towards the Houses of Parliament at night. The Gunpowder Plot or Gunpowder Treason Plot of 1605, was a failed assassination attempt against King James I of England and VI of Scotland by a group of provincial English Catholics led by Sir Robert Catesby. The plan was to blow up the House of Lords during the State Opening of Parliament on 5 November 1605, as the prelude to a popular revolt in the Midlands during which James's nine-year-old daughter, Princess Elizabeth, was to be installed as the Catholic head of state. Guy Fawkes (1570 - 1606), who had 10 years of military experience fighting in the Spanish Netherlands in suppression of the Dutch Revolt, was given charge of the explosives.
[Ref: 43652] £130.00