Sujet

Trial and execution of Viscount Stafford, London, 1680. Artist: Anon

Légende

Trial and execution of Viscount Stafford, London, 1680. Two views; at the top is an interior view of Westminster Hall showing the trial of William Howard, Viscount Stafford. Beneath is an view of his execution on Tower Hill. Regarded as a Catholic martyr, Stafford was implicated in the so-called Popish Plot against Charles II in 1678. He was falsely convicted of treason and executed.

Date

1680

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Notre référence

HRM19B01_286

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

30,2Mo (1,8Mo) / 21,3cm x 35,6cm / 2515 x 4204 (300dpi)

Mots clés

building buildings London England interior indoors job religious politics country religion occupation British tool English color colour death Parliament Christianity Westminster location Catholic Catholicism century Roman Catholic trial Britain profession inside concept judgement B&W axe MONOCHROME judgment beheaded politician 17th century decapitated execution black & white black and white B W Roman Catholicism decapitation executioner martyr statesman Westminster Hall seventeenth century City of Westminster Guildhall Library & Art Gallery axeman beheading martyrdom TGN Tower Hill treason William Howard 1st Viscount Stafford engraving Anon Anonymous William Howard Viscount Stafford Viscount Stafford Viscount Stafford