Emblematic depiction of the defeat of the Gunpowder Plot in 1605. At the top, is the title (see Inscription), beneath which is the irradiated eye of God. An angel on either side supports a cloth decorated with stars suspended from 'The Helmet of Salvation' which acts as the crest of a coat of arms consisting of the symbol of the Trinity with the attributes of the Evangelists as supporters. This rests on the roof (which has human heads displayed on spikes on either side of the ridge)  of an open-sided pavilion in which hangs a picture or tapestry showing the House of Lords presided over by James I. The lower register of the pavilion has three openings showing vaults packed with barrels of  gunpowder; in the left-hand opening stands Guy Fawkes prepared to light a fuse. At the bottom is a lunette with the mouth of hell in which devils are labelled 'Ignations conclave'; around them is an arc in which are half-length representations of the conspirators, each named, and, in the centre, a portrait of Henry Garnett in an oval; on the left is a view of the conspirators taking communion and, on the right, their execution.  c.1621/3
<br>Engraving printed from two plates (with separate strips along top and  bottom)
between 1620 and 1625 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1620-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1620-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1625-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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