Portrait of King Charles I of England, with emblems. Charles in plate armor, sash and boots with sword on horseback. Emblems indicate the start of the Civil War, the death of the king, the Commonwealth and the Restoration. Handcoloured steel engraving after an illustration by Mary Ann Rundall from A Symbolical History of England, from Early Times to the Reign of William IV, Truchy, Paris, 1839. Mary Ann Rundall was a teacher of young ladies in Bath, and published her book of mnemonic emblems in 1815.

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Size: 6103px × 4526px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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