Execution of Charles I.- Anonymous A View of the Place and Manner of K. Charles the First's Execution, etching and engraving, [c.1770-1810]

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Execution of Charles I.- Anonymous. A View of the Place and Manner of K. Charles the First's Execution, broadside or possible book illustration, vignette with execution scene and 'The Warrant to Collonel Francis Hacker &c. for Beheading of King Charles the First...' above, etching and engraving, on laid paper without watermark, sheet 205 x 255 mm (8 x 10 in), numerous old folds, some exposure lines and toning, spotting and browning, marginal nicks, unframed, [probably circa 1770-1810]*** The vignette of the execution compares very closely with a variant held in the British Museum, also without an attribution, where they have dated it circa 1770-1810. [See link here for BM G, 4.195.]

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