A few delightful etchings.
This page of engravings, scanned in from from Schama’s History of Britain, caught my eye. On the left is an engraving of Charles I on a horse, on the right, Oliver Cromwell. Click on the image for a rather larger version.
Surprisingly similar, down to the twisty mustache on the attendant. Either Peter Lombart was a lazy fellow, whoever set the plates for the book got tired of looking at pictures of men on horses, or Cromwell is Charles I in disguise and all other portraits of Cromwell are forgeries. Think of the historical implications!
Cavalier… |
or Roundhead? |
(and who is this, then?) |
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Posted at 3:07 pm




April 29th, 2004 at 11:08 am
is this a trick question?