Wenceslaus Hollar
Trial of Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford
Artwork Detail
Popularly known as ‘Black Tom Tyrant’, Strafford was
a close ally of Charles I during the 1630s. Having
attempted to prosecute him for treason, in May 1641
Parliament passed an act of attainder convicting
Strafford and sentencing him to death – to which the
king reluctantly agreed.
Hollar’s print of the trial shows Strafford (V) defending
himself against the charges. The king (A) and queen (C)
look on while Hollar’s patron, the Earl of Arundel (E),
manages the proceedings.
- Title
- Trial of Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford
- Artist/creator
- Production date
- 1641
- Medium
- etching and engraving
- Dimensions
- 302 x 335 mm
- Credit line
- Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982
- Accession no
- M1982/1/3/39
- Other ID
- 551 Pennington Catalogue Raisonné
- Copyright
- No known copyright restrictions
- Department
- International Art
- Display status
- Not on display
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