The Gunpowder Plotters conspiring
The Gunpowder Plotters conspiring, seventeenth century copperplate engraving by Crispin van de Passe Dutch publisher and engraver 1564 – 1637. Cover to De Bry ‘s ‘Warhafftige Beschreibung der Verrätherei’, Frankfurt 1606. Gunpowder plotters: Bates, Robert Winter, Christopher Wright, John Wright, Thomas Percy, Guido Fawkes, Robert Catesby and Thomas Winter. Caption: ‘Concilium septem nobilium anglorum coniurantium in necem Jacobi I magna Britaniae regis tottusque anglici convocati parementi’ (The conspiracy of seven English nobles planning the murder of James I, greatest of Britains and king of all England, convener of parliament’. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images) *** Local Caption ***