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Execution of the Duke of Northumberland on Tower Hill

Execution of the Duke of Northumberland on Tower Hill
(1840)
illustration for The Tower of London: An Historical Romance by William Harrison Ainsworth, published by Richard Bentley, London, 1840

Medium
etching
Measurements
9.7 × 14.8 cm (image) 10.1 × 14.8 cm irreg. (sheet, trimmed within platemark)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Cohn 14; Reid 2087
Inscription
printed in ink l.c.: George Cruikshank
Accession Number
4294.29-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Miss Archibald, 1930
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
History and Legend Human Figures Literary and Text
Subjects (specific)
beheadings castles (fortifications) dukes executions (personal life events) illustrations (layout features) London (inhabited place) spectators (event observers) Tower of London (historic site)
Movements
Victorian