Object types
satirical print (scope note | all objects)
print (scope note | all objects)
book-illustration (scope note | all objects)
Title (object)
Gyant Desborough / Meek Knight / Lamberto
Materials
paper (all objects)
Techniques
woodcut (scope note | all objects)
Production person
Print made by Anonymous (all objects)
Production place
Published in London (scope note | all objects)
Date
1661
Schools /Styles
British (all objects)
Description
Illustration to "Don Juan Lamberto ...", 1661, an account of the fall of the protectorate and the passing of effective power to the army: in front of a tower labelled "Soldan's Palace" (i.e., the palace of Oliver Cromwell) stand a large man named "Gyant Desborough" holding a cannon, "Lambert" with drawn sword and, held between them, "Meek Knight", intended for Richard Cromwell.
Woodcut
Inscriptions
Inscription Content: Lettered within the image with the title as labels to the figures, and 'Soldan's Palace'.
Dimensions
Height: 143 millimetres
Width: 110 millimetres
Curator's comments
The British Library copy of the book is at press mark, 816.m.19/38
Subject
government (all objects)
satire (scope note | all objects)
military (all objects)
Associated titles
Associated Title Don Juan Lamberto; or a Comical Histoy of the Late Times (1661)
Associated names
Representation of Richard Cromwell (biographical details | all objects)
Representation of John Desborough (biographical details | all objects)
Representation of John Lambert (biographical details | all objects)
Associated with Oliver Cromwell (biographical details | all objects)
Acquisition date
1868
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