Légende

King Charles I, 1646. The Tree of Religion protected by Charles I and watered by a cleric (possibly Archbishop Laud) while a Jesuit strips off the bark. A group of sectaries attack its roots with pickaxes and a shovel, behind them a man in a tub fires a gun at the tree and holds a spear impaling books labelled "Liturgy" and "Cannons" and a bishop's cap. The branches of the tree are labelled, "Faith", "Hope" "Charity", "Obedience" and "Good Works" and two men sitting on the branches cut off the last two. A hand holding a sword emerges from a cloud to defend the Tree. 23 November 1645. Title page to Francis Quarles' The Shepherds [Shepheards ] Oracles: delivered in certain Eglog (London, 1646).

Date

1646

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A16_250

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

29,9Mo (2,3Mo) / 22,5cm x 33,2cm / 2663 x 3927 (300dpi)

Mots clés

nature tree England people male library job man men religious fruit plant plants arts country pouring religion hope monarch art books book guy obedient obedience occupation faith tools tool weapon weapons English king royal watering Christian Christianity deity God armour war location century sword profession print charity blade literature royalty swords digging concept tree surgeon B&W chopping British Library axe bishop pickaxe pickaxes axes fruit tree parody warfare 17th century engraved engraving allegory suit of armour black & white black and white B W weaponry etched satire satirical trees seventeenth century archbishop Archbishop of Canterbury divine intervention etching frontispiece pick axe sovereign King Charles I William Laud Charles I caricature satire William King of Great Britain and Ireland Charles Stuart Defender of the Faith Richard John Francis Laud William Marshall Marriott John Marriott Francis Quarles Quarles Marshall William Charles I of England Archbishop Laud Heritage Art Marriot tree surgery pick axes Richard Marriot Richard Marriott John Marriot