King Charles I on horseback outside the city walls of Hull: the Parliamentarians inside, led by Sir John Hotham, refuse to surrender the city. Engraving by N. Tardieu after C. Parrocel.

London : Printed and sold by Thos. and John Bowles, printsellers, [1728]

1 print : etching and engraving

Hull summoned by the King 3d April 1642. The first essay the Parliament made towards sovereign power was their seising upon Hull and sending Sr. John Hotham there as their Governour whereby they became masters of his Majesty's magazine. The gentlemen of Yorkshire hereupon prevailed with the King to demand restitution of that place and attended His Majesty to the gates, but he found them shut against him the bridges drawn up, the walls mann'd and all things in readiness for the reception of an enemy, and Sr. John Hotham from ye wall acquainted the King that he durst not open the gates, being entrusted by the Parliament. His Majesty replyed, that if he persisted in yt resolution, he shou'd be obliged to proclaim him a traitor & his disobedience woud probably bring many miseries on the kingdom, but he still refused His Majesty entrance, and was thereupon proclaim'd a traitor. Hull sommé par le roy le 3 avril … Mr. Parocell pinx. N. Tardieu sculp.

Timothy Clayton, The English print, 1688-1802, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997, pp. 56-57 (on the series)

Wellcome Collection 3225795i