Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

 

Cromwell with the Coffin of Charles I, after De La Roche

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                    Cromwell with the Coffin of Charles I, after De La Roche, private collection
Cromwell with the Coffin of Charles I, after De La Roche, private collection

The central figure, Oliver Cromwell, raises the lid of the coffin, at left, to look down at the dead body of Charles 1. At right, a faint figure peers round a doorway at the scene.

Last updated: 3rd March 2021 by Margaret