Execution on Tower Hill, London, 1746. Artist: Anon

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Execution on Tower Hill, London, 1746. Scene showing William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock, and Arthur Elphinstone, 6th Lord Balmerinoch, being beheaded at Tower Hill for their part in the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745. The Tower of London is on the right and a crowd of spectators is gathered around the execution platform to the left. Below is a description.

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License: Licensed
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