Oliver Cromwell dissolving the Long Parliament [graphic]

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Title: Oliver Cromwell dissolving the Long Parliament [graphic]
Creator: Hall, John, 1739-1797, printmaker
Contributor: West, Benjamin, 1738-1820, artist, publisher.
Hall, John, 1739-1797, publisher.
Woollett, E. 1745 or 1746-1819, publisher.
Published / Created: [5 April 1789]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published as the act directs, April 5th 1789, by B. West, I. Hall, & E. Woollett
Abstract: "Cromwell with a band of soldiers interrupting parliament, standing to the right, looking and pointing to left as he orders a soldier to remove the mace from the table, while members of parliament, including Sir Henry Vane in the left foreground, leap up from the benches to stop him and the speaker William Lenthall gestures aghast as he is lifted bodily from his seat by Colonel Thomas Harrison; after West (Staley 83); final published state."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from text below image.
Text below title: From the original picture in the possession of the Right Honourable the Earl Grosvenor.
Watermark.
Provenance: Suckling; May 1956.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 48.9 x 62 cm, on sheet 53 x 66 cm
Language: English

Genre: Reproductions
Historical reenactments
Engravings England London 1789
Etchings England London 1789
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain
Subject (Name): Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658,
Vane, Henry, Sir, 1613-1662,
Lenthall, William, 1591-1662,
Harrison, Thomas, 1606-1660,
England. Parliament,
Subject (Topic): History
Interiors
Legislative bodies
Soldiers
Subjects: Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658
Vane, Henry, Sir, 1613-1662
Lenthall, William, 1591-1662
Harrison, Thomas, 1606-1660
Great Britain > History > Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660
England. Parliament
Interiors
Legislative bodies
Soldiers
England > London > 1789

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