Miles Sindercom having murthered himselfe was drawn upon Tower Hill at a horsetaile with his head forwards and there under the scaffold he was turned into a hoale starke naked and a stake spiked & plated with iron was driven through him into the earth for a terrour to al traitors for time to come, Feb. 17, 1657 [graphic].

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Lewis Walpole Library > Miles Sindercom having murthered himselfe was drawn upon Tower Hill at a horsetaile with his head forwards and there under the scaffold he was turned into a hoale starke naked and a stake spiked & plated with iron was driven through him into the earth for a terrour to al traitors for time to come, Feb. 17, 1657 [graphic].

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Title: Miles Sindercom having murthered himselfe was drawn upon Tower Hill at a horsetaile with his head forwards and there under the scaffold he was turned into a hoale starke naked and a stake spiked & plated with iron was driven through him into the earth for a terrour to al traitors for time to come, Feb. 17, 1657 [graphic].
Alternative Title: Miles Sindercombe having murdered himself was drawn upon Tower Hill ...
Published / Created: [approximately 1830?]
Publication Place: England?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: The body of conspirator Miles Sindercombe being dragged by a horse towards the gallows, under which a hole in the ground is visible. A group of soldiers carrying pikes and axes is seen in the background; the horse is led by a man with a whip
Description: Title etched below image.
Approximate date of publication supplied by curator.
Provenance: Gift of Joseph Verner Reed (Yale 1926) to the Yale Library, 1958. Portions were transferred to Lewis Walpole Library 1960. For other items from this gift refer to Beinecke Library's GEN MSS 1000.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 5.5 x 13 cm, on sheet 17 x 29 cm
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: 830.00.00.162

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre: Etchings England 1830
Material: etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Sindercombe, Miles, -1657.
Subject (Topic): Criminals
Dead persons
Gallows
Subjects: Sindercombe, Miles, -1657
Criminals
Dead persons
Gallows
England > 1830

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Identifiers

Orbis Record: 13847538
Object ID (OID): 16702969