Coffin plates of the Rebel Lords, who were executed on Tower Hill
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Description
- Title
- Coffin plates of the Rebel Lords, who were executed on Tower Hill
- Creator
- Schnebbelie, Robert Bremmel, -approximately 1849, artist
- Published / Created
- [10 November 1815]
- Publication Place
- London
- Abstract
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Two sketches of the lead coffin plates of two men who were defeated at the Battle of Culloden and executed on Tower Hill in 1746. On the left William Boyd, 4th Earl Kilmarnock (1705-1746) lettered "Willielmus comes de Kilmarnock decollatus 18 die Augusti 1746. A[e]tatis sua 42. On the right, the coffin plate of Arthur Elphinstone, 6th Lord Balmerino (1688-1746) lettered "Arthurus Dominus de Balmerino decollatus 18 die Augusti 1746. Aetatis suae 58.
- Description
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Title supplied by cataloger, based on that of the related print.
Each drawing signed and dated by the artist at bottom.
For the related print, published 11 October 1816 by Robert Wilkinson as part of Londina illustrata, see Wellcome Collection reference: 44518i.
Each drawing signed and dated by the artist at bottom: The above is a facsimile of a leaden plate in the Chapel in the Tower. Sketched 10th Novr. 1815 ..." - Provenance
- Purchased from Marlborough Rare Books, May 2025.
- Extent
- 2 drawings : sheets 35 x 32 cm and 34 x 23 cm, mounted to 39 x 50 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Drawings Sch357 no. 1 Box D207
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
- Ink drawings
- Material
- pen and ink ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Balmerino, Arthur Elphinstone, Lord, 1688-1746.
Kilmarnock, William Boyd, Earl of, 1704-1746. - Subject (Topic)
- Tombs & sepulchral monuments $z England
- Subjects
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Balmerino, Arthur Elphinstone, Lord, 1688-1746
Kilmarnock, William Boyd, Earl of, 1704-1746
Tombs & sepulchral monuments $z England
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Citation
- Robert Bremmel Schnebbelie, Coffin plates of the Rebel Lords, who were Executed on Tower Hill. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 991010690056808651
- Object ID (OID)
- 33407719
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