The Royal Oak, The Penderell Family
by Print Collector
Title
The Royal Oak, The Penderell Family
Artist
Print Collector
Medium
Drawing - Illustration
Description
The Royal Oak, the Penderell Family have no idea where Charles is!!!, 1850. A satirical illustration of King Charles II escaping into exile. King Charles II (1630?1685) in disguise riding before Mrs Lane by which he made his escape. Lord Wilmot in the distance. After the execution of his father, Charles I, Charles II claimed the throne and invaded England in 1651. He was defeated by the Parliamentarian army at the Battle of Worcester and was forced to hide in a hollow oak tree near Boscobel House in Shropshire to elude the Parliamentarian forces trying to capture him. Charles escaped into exile in disguise but returned when the monarchy was restored after the death of Oliver Cromwell and the end of the Protectorate. From The Comic History of England by Gilbert Abbott A. Beckett, illustrated by John Leech [Bradbury, Agnew & Co., London, 1850.] (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images)
Image provided by Getty Images.
Uploaded
January 28th, 2021
Statistics
Viewed 387 Times - Last Visitor from Ottawa, ON - Canada on 04/20/2024 at 11:31 AM
Embed
Share
Sales Sheet
Tags
Image ID
533497037
Comments
There are no comments for The Royal Oak, The Penderell Family. Click here to post the first comment.