Sujet

'Sir John Coventry', 1800. Creator: Edward Harding.

Légende

'Sir John Coventry', 1800. Portrait of English politician Sir John Coventry (c1636-1685). After a jest made by Coventry in the House of Commons on the subject of King Charles II's mistresses, Coventry was attacked, (allegedly with the approval of the king himself), and had his nose slit to the bone. As a result, Parliament debated a bill 'to prevent malicious maiming and wounding'. The 'Coventry Act' was passed, declaring assaults accompanied by personal mutilation a felony without benefit of clergy. 'From the Collection at Long Leat'. [Edward Harding, London, 1800]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1800

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19D55_398

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

150,7Mo (7,7Mo) / 53,0cm x 71,3cm / 6256 x 8418 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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