GUNPOWDER PLOT AND EXECUTION OF GUY FAWKES.


[HOGENBERG, ABRAHAM.] Thomas Percy in Engelland, Eins edlen Geschlechts.... [Cologne]: [Hogenberg], November 15, 1605 (i.e. 1606). Engraved broadside with early hand-coloring, 172 x 196 mm. Toned, old marginal paper repairs, repair with paper tape to verso in left hand margin.HANDSOME ENGRAVED COLORED BROADSIDE OF THOMAS PERCY WITH THE ARREST OF GUY FAWKES AND PERCY PERCY for their roles in the Gunpowder Plot on the fifth of November, 1605/6. Made just as the initial reports of the foiled plot were reaching Germany, as some of the information is incorrect. While Fawkes was caught in the palace and captured, his execution taking place in January of 1606/7, Percy managed to escape and was killed on November 8. The engraved image shows him being taken alive. Hellwig Hogenberg 384. Hobis Van Dyck, Rembrandt, and the Portrait Print p 77-78, cat 25.