Sujet

'Place of Execution in Old Smithfield', (c1872). Creator: Unknown.

Légende

'Place of Execution in Old Smithfield', (c1872). Bundles of wood being piled up for burnings at the stake. In the Middle Ages, Smithfield was a broad grassy area known as Smooth Field, just outside the walls of the City of London. For centuries Smithfield was the main site for the public execution of heretics and dissidents. Sir William Wallace was executed here in 1305. From Old and New London, Vol. II: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places, by Walter Thornbury. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1872

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19D50_206

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

59,2Mo (3,9Mo) / 41,0cm x 36,2cm / 4842 x 4276 (300dpi)

Mots clés

extérieur dehors ville bâtiment bâtiments Londres bois de chauffage bois personnes gens le travail architecture pays métier Britannique public Anglais la mort médiéval endroit siècle architectural ville de Londres La Grande-Bretagne profession concept dehors B&W MONOCHROME pieu publication exécution 19e siècle noir et blanc noir et blanc B W Âges Moyens éditeur dix-neuvie siècle The Print Collector landscape Old and New London Unknown Thornbury Cassell & Company Ltd George Walter Thornbury George Walter Petter Galpin & Co Galpin & Company landscape