Sujet

Sir Walter Raleigh holds his executioner's axe, c1900. Creator: Howard Davie.

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Sir Walter Raleigh holds his executioner's axe, c1900. '...Raleigh was beheaded in Old Palace Yard [at the Palace of Westminster] on October 29, 1618'. He faced his fate with brave resolution, and supposedly told his executioner, when waiting for the axe to fall: 'Strike, man, strike!' From "Heroes of History", by Alfred H. Miles, illustrated by Howard Davie [Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd, London]

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

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HRM25A06_259

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88,3Mo (3,3Mo) / 43,8cm x 50,5cm / 5175 x 5963 (300dpi)

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