WAT TYLER - Wat Tyler slain by Sir William Walworth while expostulating with Richard II in Smithfield. London, G. Barret for J. Stratfords, 1793.
Etched and engraved print in an oval frame, at Smithfield; Richard II on horseback talking to Wat Tyler (leader of the 1381 peasants' revolt), who threatens the king with a knife, behind him Walworth prepares to deliver a blow to Tyler's head, soldiers and rebels surrounding scene; illustration from Ashburton's History of England. - Image size c. 18 by 27cm, framed (modern, using mid-19th century solid oak framing material).
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