Letter from John Crosse
Reference code
SAL/01/03/013/029
Title
Letter from John Crosse
Date
17 March 1849
Level of description
item
Extent and format
2 pp.
Scope and content
Letter regarding an original painting of the execution of Charles I, painted by a Dutch painter who evidently interrupted the execution. The painting is 9 ft wide by 4 ft 4 in tall, and introduces the portraits of Charles, [? Thomas] Fairfax. Crosse also has a very curious old painting of Charles taken the day before the execution.
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