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  1. 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.]

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