The Gunpowder Plot Conspirators, 1605

Artistback to top

• Crispijn de Passe the Elder (circa 1565-1637), Engraver, draughtsman and print publisher. Artist associated with 34 portraits.

Sittersback to top

• Thomas Bates (died 1606), Conspirator. Sitter associated with 7 portraits.
• Robert Catesby (1573-1605), Conspirator. Sitter associated with 8 portraits.
• Guy Fawkes (1570-1606), Conspirator. Sitter associated with 7 portraits.
• Thomas Percy (1560-1605), Organiser of the 'Gunpowder Plot'. Sitter associated with 13 portraits.
• Robert Winter (died 1606), Conspirator. Sitter associated with 8 portraits.
• Thomas Winter (1572-1606), Conspirator; brother of Robert Winter. Sitter associated with 7 portraits.
• Christopher Wright (1570?-1605), Conspirator. Sitter associated with 9 portraits.
• John Wright (1568?-1605), Conspirator; brother of Christopher Wright. Sitter associated with 7 portraits.

This portraitback to top

This print includes the only contemporary portrait of Guy Fawkes and other members of the plot to destroy the Houses of Parliament in 1605. The names of the conspirators are inscribed in Latin above their portraits. The text below describes the events of the plot and the fate of the conspirators. It is written in Latin, French and German, which indicates the international audience for this image.

Linked publicationsback to top

• Nicholl, Charles, Insights: Shakespeare and His Contemporaries, 2005, p. 20
• Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 704

Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top

• Making History: Printed Portraiture in Tudor and Stuart Britain (7 July 2007 - 9 December 2007)
• Gunpowder, Treason and Plot (17 September 2005 - 18 December 2005)

Subjects & Themesback to top

• Events and occasions
• Group portraits
• Hats and head-attire
• Words and inscriptions