The true maner [manner] of the execution of Thomas Earle of Strafford

Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
 Subject Thomas Wentworth British

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Execution of Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford; crowds of spectators standing in wooden stands, one of them collapsing, or on the ground around a raised platform in the middle with the executioner holding an axe, Strafford, his kindred and friends, Bishop Usher and Sherriffs; the Tower of London in the background

The true maner [manner] of the execution of Thomas Earle of Strafford, Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London), Etching; third state of three

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The true maner [manner] of the execution of Thomas Earle of Strafford, Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London), Etching; third state of three
The true maner [manner] of the execution of Thomas Earle of Strafford, Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London), Etching; third state of three

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