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King Charles I at his Trial

Edward Bower (fl.1629 – d. London 1667)

Category

Art / Oil paintings

Date

1648 (signed and dated)

Materials

Oil on canvas

Measurements

1100 x 900 mm

Place of origin

England

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Collection

Antony Private Collection, Cornwall

NT 353001

Caption

This is one of four signed originals of a much-copied portrait, showing the King, bearded, and defiantly wearing his hat before his judges. This version was reputedly painted for Sir John Carew, who was one of his opponents but the image later became a Royalist icon. The date of 1648 on the picture is that of the Old Style calendar, in which the new year did not begin until March 25th, therefore it would have been 1649, New Style. On 20th January 1649 Charles was committed to trial in Westminster Hall. John Bradshaw, the President of the Court, ordered a chair covered with crimson velvet for the King, who did not recognise the legality of the court nevertheless and the inclusion of his silver-tipped cane alludes to that. A week later he was found guilty and was executed on 30th January. The artist would have made sketches during the trial.

Summary

Oil painting on canvas, King Charles I at his Trial by Edward Bower (fl. London 1629 – d. London 1667), signed: Edw. Bower/ Att Temple barr/fecit.1648.

Provenance

On loan from Trustees of Antony

Credit line

Antony, The Carew-Pole Collection

Makers and roles

Edward Bower (fl.1629 – d. London 1667), artist

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