Portraits of Jesuit martyrs, English and Scottish Catholics killed in the 16th century. Shown receiving martyr's crowns from angels, three with hangman's noose. Alexander Briant 1581, Dominic Collins 1602, Thomas Cattamus 1582, John Cornelius 1594. 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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