Price: $275.00
SKU: 99755
ARTIST: George Alsop
MEDIUM: Engraving
DATE: Undated, c.1800
EDITION SIZE: Plate size 13 5/9 x 9 3/4" (347 x 24.9 cm)
DESCRIPTION: His face you see. Now breifly heare the Rest.; How well he serv'd his Prince in flight destrest. Twas , He whose little Household did Combine In Piois Care to save : the Royall Line. An Oake was thought most safe:for what could prove More Luckie tthen the sacred tree to Love. See where the Hen=roost Ladder stands; by that, The Might Monarch climb'd the Boughs of Statem Where Noble Carlos lent his Manlike Knee, The last support of Fainting Majestie, and Natures Tapistrie was the onely Shroud To shelter that Great Prince was Rage pursu'd. The Nutthook reaching up his Honely fare supply'd the want of Waiters standing Bare; Shile busie Wife and Children gather Wood To dress the Sheep prepar'd for Better food Thus, Many Oakes defend the British Maine but one Preferr'd the Brittish Soveraigne. "Pendrill thy name will shine in History /Brighter then their's whose Hospittallity / Disguised Deitys hath entertayn'd / for thine was reall t'other Poets saynd."<br><br> From the very rare print in the possession of A H Sutherland Eq.r. Are to be sold by S. Woodburn, St. Martin's Lane, London.<br><br> A portrait of William Pendrill set the oak tree Pendrill was one of five brothers who helped Charles II escape from England after his defeat at the Battle of Worcester in 1651.<br><br> The Pendrills hid Charles II was hidden in an oak tree in order to escape Cromwell's troops thus began one of the great escape stories, six weeks of pursuit and concealment across England with a reward of £1000 for the King's capture and the death sentence for those caught helping him. After many adventures narrowly avoiding capture, he reached the south coast on 15th October and made it across the Channel France. The King was not to return to England for nine years. The death of Oliver Cromwell in 1658, followed by two years of political confusion, led to the restoration of the monarchy in 1660.<br><br> This engraving is based on a painting by George Alsop (active 1719–1730) that is located at Moseley Old Hall, Staffordshire.
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CONDITION: Very good condition. B/W
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