Sujet

'The Beheading of the Rebel Lords on Great Tower Hill', c1746. Artist: Unknown

Légende

'The Beheading of the Rebel Lords on Great Tower Hill', c1746. The execution of the leaders of the Jacobite rebels captured after the Battle of Culloden. A huge crowd has gathered outside the Tower of London. Special stands have been erected, street sellers are hawking snacks and 'last confessions', and soldiers stand guard round the scaffold. Priests are in attendance as the lords are beheaded one by one. A coffin lies ready. The account below states that the 'King's troops under the valiant Duke of Cumberland' defeated the rebels, including Lord Balmarino and the Earl of Kilmarnock, who were sentenced to death, and executed on the 18th August.
Museum of London

Date

1746

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Museum

Notre référence

HRM19A83_263

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

49,9Mo (3,7Mo) / 42,8cm x 29,2cm / 5055 x 3452 (300dpi)

Mots clés

exterieur horizon William Augustus Cumberland William Augustus Duke of Cumberland Butcher Cumberland Duke of Cumberland batiment batiments Londres femmes femme personnes gens foule le travail homme hommes excitation la politique loi type crime metier echafaudage echafaudage outil chateau couleur horizon la mort spectacle serre palais fortification guerre prison profession confession rebellion rebelle soldats soldat FOSSE dame concept dehors bataille Tour de Londres hache cercueil decapite jacobite marchand ambulant decapite seigneur penitentiary execution 18e siècle decapitation Dix-huitième siècle bourreau événement politique Hameaux De Tour Museum of London Jacobites paysage William Cumberland paysage