'The true maner of the execution of Thomas Earle of Strafford, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland upon Tower Hill the 12th of May 1641'
35 of 109 portraits of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
'The true maner of the execution of Thomas Earle of Strafford, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland upon Tower Hill the 12th of May 1641'
by Wenceslaus Hollar
etching, 1641
7 3/8 in. x 10 3/8 in. (188 mm x 262 mm) plate size; 9 3/4 in. x 12 3/8 in. (247 mm x 313 mm) paper size
Given by Sir Herbert Henry Raphael, 1st Bt, 1913
Reference Collection
NPG D20367
Sitterback to top
- Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1593-1641), Statesman. Sitter associated with 109 portraits. Identify
Artistback to top
- Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677), Etcher. Artist or producer associated with 540 portraits, Sitter associated with 10 portraits.
Placesback to top
- Place portrayed: United Kingdom: England, London (Tower Hill, Tower Hamlets, London)
Events of 1641back to top
Current affairs
Statesman, John Pym, plays a leading part in bringing charges of treason against the king's chief councillor, Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford whose subsequent execution is widely celebrated.The Grand Remonstrance, a long, comprehensive indictment of the king's government since his accession, is narrowly passed by Parliament.
Art and science
Following the death of Sir Anthony van Dyck, William Dobson is appointed Principal Painter to the king.Poet and polemicist, John Milton, publishes the first of several anti-prelatical tracts, attacking the episcopal form of church governance and in particular, the arguments of royalist Joseph Hall, Bishop of Norwich.
International
The Irish Catholic gentry, fearing invasion from the increasingly pro-Puritan English Long Parliament and the Scottish Covenants, launch an unsuccessful coup d'etat in order to seize concessions for Catholics; the ensuing Irish Rebellion, which precipitated civil war in the three kingdoms, is led by Irish rebel, Sir Phelim O'Neill.Comments back to top
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