Frontispiece to 'Eikon Basilike'

Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
Sitter Charles I, King of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland British

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Frontispiece to 'Eikon Basilike' (a version of William Marshall's design); emblematical design in two compartments; to right, Charles I on a terrace kneeling on his left knee, looking upwards in profile to right, holding a crown of thorns, a book propped on the table in front of him, and a crown and globe at his feet; a ray extends from his left eye to the crown of martyrdom at top right; another ray from the back of his head extends to clouds in the left-hand compartment where a rock rises from a stormy sea, in the foreground, a shore with palm trees one bearing a tray laden with weights.

Frontispiece to 'Eikon Basilike', Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London), Etching, only state

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