The coffin plates of the Rebel Lords, who were executed on Tower Hill 1746 and 1747

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Title: The coffin plates of the Rebel Lords, who were executed on Tower Hill 1746 and 1747
Creator: Wise, William, active 1790-1818, printmaker
Contributor: Schnebbelie, Robert Blemmel, -approximately 1849, artist.
Wilkinson, Robert, $d -approximately 1825, publisher.
Published / Created: [11 October 1816]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published Octr. 11th, 1816 by R. Wilkinson, No. 125 Fenchurch Str
Abstract: Three engraved images of the rubbings of the coffin plates of the three Jacobites, Lords Simon Fraser (Lord Lovat), Lord Balmerino, and Lord Kilmarnock, who were defeated by the British at the Battle of Culloden and executed in 1746 and 1747
Description: Title etched at bottom of plate.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top and bottom.
Plate from: Londina illustrata. London : R. Wilkinson, 1819-25.
After the defeat of the Jacobites at the hands of the British in the Battle of Culloden, the rebellious Lords Simon Fraser (Lord Lovat), Lord Balmerino and Lord Kilmarnock were executed in 1746 and 1747.
Numbered "160" in lower right corner.
Provenance: Marlborough Rare Books; May 2025.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 24 x 33 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Engravings
Etchings
Material: etching, with engraving ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Balmerino, Arthur Elphinstone, Lord, 1688-1746.
Kilmarnock, William Boyd, Earl of, 1704-1746.
Lovat, Simon Fraser, Lord, 1667 or 1668-1747.
Subject (Topic): Jacobites
Coffin plates
Burial
Death
Coffins
Tombs
Subjects: Balmerino, Arthur Elphinstone, Lord, 1688-1746
Kilmarnock, William Boyd, Earl of, 1704-1746
Lovat, Simon Fraser, Lord, 1667 or 1668-1747
Jacobites
Coffin plates
Burial
Death
Coffins
Tombs