Description: CROMWELL'S LAST INTERVIEW WITH HIS FAVORITE DAUGHTER Artist: Chas. Lucy, Pinx ____________ Engraver: Jas. Heath, Sculptor Note: the title in the table above is printed below the engraving AN ANTIQUE STEEL ENGRAVING MADE IN the 1870s !! ITEM IS OVER 125 YEARS OLD! VERY OLD WORLD! INCREDIBLE DETAIL!. Cromwell's great affection for his favorite daughter, Lady Claypole, is matter of history. She died at Hampton Court in 1659, and her father died the succeeding year. The scene requires no comment. She knew that she was dying, and her farewell words to her distinguished father, whom she loved with extraordinary affection, and whose affection was equal to her own, are rendered with a touching truthfulness which is unsurpassable. On Oliver Cromwell's usurpation of supreme power be had the extreme mortification to find that his conduct was abhorred by all his family. His daughters, in particular, were zealous royalists, exceptingthe wife of Fleetwood, who, like her husband, was a sincere republican; aud Oliver , to obtain his ends , having deceived all parties alike, found himself distrusted and shunned even by those connected with him by the ties of nature. Above all ( says Hume ), the sickness of Mrs. Claypole, his peculiar favorite, a lady endued with many humane virtues and amiable accomplishments, depressed his anxious mind, and poisoned all his enjoyments. She had entertained a high regard for Dr. Huet, lately executed, and being refused his pardon, the melancholy of her temper, increased by her distempered body had prompted her to lament to her father all his sanguinary measures, and urge him to compunction for those heinous crimes into which his fatal ambition had betrayed him. Her death, which followed soon after, gave new edge to every word which she had uttered. ยป This Lady's death preceeded her father's about two years and the remarkable change- in his conduct and behaviour during the latter piart of his carreer, may be attributed , in a certain degree, to the effect of her exhortations. The artist has ably depicted the interview of Cromwell aud his daughter, at the moment when the death-bed admonitions of his favorite child has awakened in the breast of the Protector all the horrors of a guilty conscience. The picture has been engraved by J. Slow for Bovvyer's splendid edition of Hume s History of England. CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE ANTIQUE PRINTS LIKE THIS ONE!! SIZE: Print is 7 inches by 10 inches, including white borders not shown. Image size is approximately 4 1/2 inches by 5 3/4 inches. CONDITION: Condition is fine. Bright and clean. Blank on reverse. SHIPPING:Buyers to pay shipping/handling, domestic orders receives priority mail, international orders receive regular mail. We pack properly to protect your item! Please note: the terms used in our auctions for engraving, heliogravure, lithograph, print, plate, photogravure etc. are ALL prints on paper, NOT blocks of steel or wood. "ENGRAVINGS", the term commonly used for these paper prints, were the most common method in the 1700s and 1800s for illustrating old books, and these paper prints or "engravings" were inserted into the book with a tissue guard frontis, usually on much thicker quality rag stock paper, although many were also printed and issued as loose stand alone prints. So this auction is for an antique paper print(s). BUY MORE THAN ONE TO SAVE ON SHIPPING!
Price: 7.99 USD
Location: New Providence, New Jersey
End Time: 2024-10-19T20:27:33.000Z
Shipping Cost: 7.95 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Material: Engraving
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Date of Creation: 1800-1899
Type: Print
