Print, satirical print, book-illustration (BM 1868,0808.3293)
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Illustration to "The Plot in a Dream", page 279, consisting of four scenes, each with separate title: "Papists hireing Servts to fire houses" showing a street scene with a servant woman, Elizabeth Oxley, accepting money from two men, one of whom is intended for Father Giffard, and in the background a house on fire; "E. Stafford beheaded" showing Stafford lying on a scaffold raised abrove a crowd with the executioner raising the axe and three men standing by, and a line of soldiers in the foreground; "Parliamt. Return from Oxford" showing coaches and horsemen making their way across a country landscape with Oxford in the background; "Mealtub Plott defeated." showing monks and Jesuits expressing consternation as constables discover papers in the meal tub and arrest Madame Cellier. 1681
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