Royalist William Careless hiding King Chales II from Oliver Cromwell's troops in the branches of an oak tree after the Battle of Worcester, 1651. In the background, a fierce naval battle on the River Severn. King Charles II and Colonel Careless, advising under the Royal Oak. Copperplate engraving from Samuel Woodburn’s Gallery of Rare Portraits Consisting of Original Plates, George Jones, 102 St Martin’s Lane, London, 1816.

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