GUNPOWDER PLOT

Original 1893 6 3/4 inch x 10 inch Etching titled GUNPOWDER PLOT: THE CONSPIRATORS’ LAST STAND AT HOLBEACH HOUSE, NOV. 7, 1605.

The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 was a failed assassination attempt against King James I by a group of provincial English Catholics led by Robert Catesby who sought to restore the Catholic monarchy to England after decades of persecution against Catholics.

From the picture by Ernest Crofts (1847 – 1911). A British painter of historical and military scenes.

Printed by James Sprent Virtue & Co. Limited.

Published in the Art Journal 1893

Page size 12 1/2 inch x 9 1/4 inch

The etching is in very good condition. Reverse side blank.