Frontispiece to 'Eikon Basilike'
Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
Sitter Charles I, King of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland British
Not on view
Frontispiece to 'Eikon Basilike' (a version of William Marshall's design); emblematical design in two compartments; to right, Charles I on a terrace kneeling on his left knee, looking upwards in profile to right, holding a crown of thorns, a book propped on the table in front of him, and a crown and globe at his feet; a ray extends from his left eye to the crown of martyrdom at top right; another ray from the back of his head extends to clouds in the left-hand compartment where a rock rises from a stormy sea, in the foreground, a shore with palm trees one bearing a tray laden with weights.
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