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The execution of James Graham, first Marquess of Montrose
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The execution of James Graham, first Marquess of Montrose
Description
The execution of James Graham, first Marquess of Montrose; Montrose with the hangman upon a ladder leaning against the gallows; various figures in attendance; on the right, a figure being beheaded with an axe; Edinburgh in the background. Illustration to Jacob van Oort's "Ontlokene roose, bloeyende distel-bloem, en hersnaerde harp"
Creator
Abraham Andriesz
Date
1661 (c.)
Rights
The image is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license. You can read more about the British Museum and Creative Commons here.
Source
British Museum
Original Format
Etching with engraving on paper
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