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The executioner and the painter:
"Two artists have contributed not a little to the popularity of Charles the First, Vandyke and the Headsman."
Henry Grattan (1746-1820) on Charles I., according to Samuel Rogers, Table-Talk and Recollections.
#SamuelRogers #HenryGrattan #CharlesI #AnthonyVanDyck #execution
[Link is to a painting by van Dyck, a formal portrait showing King Charles I on horseback.]