'Perkin Warbeck Reading his Confession', 1897. Creator: John Leech.

'Perkin Warbeck Reading his Confession', 1897.  Creator: John Leech.

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'Perkin Warbeck Reading his Confession', 1897. Pretender to the English throne Perkin Warbeck is ridiculed as he sits in the stocks. (Warbeck (c1474-1499), who claimed to be Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, was imprisoned in the Tower or London eventually hanged). From "The Comic History of England" by Gilbert Abbott A Beckett, with satirical illustrations by John Leech. [Bradbury, Agnew & Co, London, 1897]


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Creator
  1. John Leech, attributed to: British: Artist, illustrator and printmaker
Subject
  1. Perkin Warbeck: English:
People Related
  1. Gilbert Abbott A Beckett: British: Author, writer, journalist, lawyer, playwright

Picture Type
  1. Satire

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3650x4484
File Size : 47,950kb


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  1. 2E
  1. 0580057292
  1. 2-703-926
  1. 2703926
  1. 2E

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