Cromwell Quelling the Army Mutiny - Engraving by J. Rogers - 19th C.

Original 19th-century engraving of Oliver Cromwell putting down the mutiny of the army, surrounded by his officers with a mutineer struck down in the foreground. The composition is set in a border with two Civil War soldiers at the sides and a vignette below: Cromwell dissolving the Long Parliament.

Engraved by J. Rogers after the painting by Robert Smirke, R. A. (1753-1845), history painter and London academician, and published by J. & F. Tallis, London and Glasgow, the house behind the great illustrated histories of England of the mid-century.

Medium: Steel engraving
Artist / after: Robert Smirke, R. A.
Engraver: J. Rogers
Publisher: J. & F. Tallis, London and Glasgow
Date: 19th Century
Dimensions: 7.8 x 10.2 in (19.8 x 26 cm)
Condition: Good condition. Paper with slight toning and the odd isolated foxing spot in the right margin