COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1216537
Reference Number:
R216431
Link to Catalogue:
Parent Work Title:
James Nailor Quaker set 2 howers on the pillory at Westminster whiped by the hang-man to the old Exchainge London, som dayes after stood too howers more on the pillory at the Exchainge, and there had his tongue bored throug with a hot iron & stigmatized in the forehead with the letter: B: Decemr: 17: anno dom: 1656
Alternative Parent Work Title:
The punishment of James Naylor
Creator:
Gaywood, Richard, active 1650-1680
Creator Role:
Engraver
Creator:
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677
Creator Role:
Author
Date Created:
1656
Publication Details:
London : s.n.
Description:
Engraved copper printing plate depicting the punishment of the Quaker leader James Naylor (1618-1660) after his being found guilty in London in 1656 of committing offences under the Blasphemy Act of 1650. Naylor avoided being sentenced to death but was whipped through the streets by the hangman, put into the pillory, had his tongue bored with a hot iron and the letter “B” for blasphemy branded onto his forehead before being subjected to indefinite solitary confinement in Bridewell. He was not released until September 1659 when an amnesty for Quaker prisoners was declared. The two part depiction shows his tongue being bored and his being whipped at the rear of a cart. Previously attributed to Wenceslaus Hollar in Gustav Parthey’s catalogue of 1853, however in Richard Pennington’s A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar (1982) it is classified (p.91) as a probable example of Hollar’s style being faithfully copied by his pupil the etcher Richard Gaywood.
Language Code:
eng-GB
Language:
English
Subject:
Quakers
Category of Material:
Printed
Technique Used:
Engraving (printing process)
Support:
Copper
Creation Site:
England: London
Time Period Covered:
17th Century CE
Places Covered:
England: Greater London: London
People Covered:
Naylor, James, 1618-1660
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Copyright of The University of Manchester
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2012-06-08
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2018-03
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
