The beheading of Charles I outside the Banqueting Hall of Whitehall in 1649. Engraving with etching.

Date:
1600-1699
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43455i
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The beheading of Charles I outside the Banqueting Hall of Whitehall in 1649. Engraving with etching. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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King Charles I (1600-1649) was found guilty of treason and beheaded outside Banqueting Hall in Whitehall on 30 January 1649

The beheading is shown in stages with the King giving an address to his people with heavenly intervention through a ray of light breaking through the clouds and angels holding laurels for the King

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1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 18.2 x 28.2 cm

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A. de koningh gheest ... Lettering in Dutch continues

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Wellcome Collection 43455i

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