Sujet

Execution at the Tower of London, 1743. Artist: CM

Légende

Execution at the Tower of London, 1743. Scene depicting the shooting of three members of the Highland Regiment (Black Watch), Samuel McPherson, Malcolm McPherson and Farquhar Shaw, for desertion. The three men were among a number who had deserted fearing that the regiment was about to be sent to America.

Date

1743

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Notre référence

HRM19B03_168

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

30,2Mo (1,9Mo) / 30,0cm x 25,2cm / 3546 x 2981 (300dpi)

Mots clés

standing building buildings people male man men religious country religion guy watching British weapon weapons gun guns church castle dead Scotland death Christianity fortification war location SCOTTISH century Britain soldiers soldier desertion concept punishment Tower of London georgian B&W MONOCHROME Army warfare Regiment execution firing squad infantry black & white black and white B W weaponry black watch 18th century British Army Eighteenth Century Scots Guildhall Library & Art Gallery executed Highlander musket St Peter ad Vincula deserter engraving Samuel Shaw CM Malcolm McPherson Samuel McPherson De la Cure;Cure De la Malcolm McPherson Farquhar Shaw Farquhar