Hollar, Wenceslaus. The true maner [sic] of the execution of Thomas Earle of Strafford, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, upon Towerhill, the 12th of May 1641 Execution des Grafen Thomae von Stafford [sic] Statthalters in Irland auf de Tawersplatz in Londen, 12 Mai, 1641

Pennington, R. Descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar: 552
Folger bibliographic ID: 270762
New Hollstein German etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700: 331
Folger call number: ART 230- 514 no.1
Folger holdings ID: 356880
Accession Number: 230514.1

Crowds of spectators are standing in wooden stands (one of which has collapsed) or on the ground round a raised platform in center on which are Bishop Usher, the Lord Mayor, Strafford, and his family and friends - their identification is written in the sky. --Pennington

Edition

[State 2 of 3]

General notes

State from Pennington According to Pennington, this state used in v. 4 of the Theatrum Europaeum of J.P. Abelin and others (Frankfurt am Main : Wolfgang Hoffmann, 1643)

Exhibited

Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1997. Impressions of Wenceslaus Hollar (no. 47) (Folger ART 230- 514.1) Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2013. Nobility and newcomers in Renaissance Ireland (p. 102) (Folger ART 264- 809)

Item information about Folger ART 230- 514 no.1

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Extended title: The true maner [sic] of the execution of Thomas Earle of Strafford, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, upon Towerhill, the 12th of May 1641 Execution des Grafen Thomae von Stafford [sic] Statthalters in Irland auf de Tawersplatz in Londen, 12 Mai, 1641 / W.H
Alternate titles: True maner of the execution of Thomas Earle of Strafford, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, upon Towerhill the 12th of May, 1641, True manner of the execution of Thomas Earle of Strafford, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, upon Towerhill the 12th of May, 1641, Execution of Strafford, Execution des Grafen Thomae von Stafford Statthalters in Irland auf de Tawersplatz in Londen, 12 Mai, 1641

Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, Earl of, 1593-1641 Ussher, James, 1581-1656 Tower of London (London, England) Executions Spectators

printmaker: Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677
depiction: Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, Earl of, 1593-1641
depiction: Ussher, James, 1581-1656
depiction: Tower of London (London, England)
artist: Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677
publisher: Hoffmann, Wolfgang, active 1624-1647