Gallery›Wellcome Collection›Above, the martyr Dr. Taylor riding to the stake on horseback caresses and blesses his young son for the last time; below,the martyr Dr.Taylor is standing in a barrel filled with pitch while the pyre beneath him is lighted. Engraving with etching, 1813.
Above, the martyr Dr. Taylor riding to the stake on horseback caresses and blesses his young son for the last time; below,the martyr Dr.Taylor is standing in a barrel filled with pitch while the pyre beneath him is lighted. Engraving with etching, 1813.
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Above, the martyr Dr. Taylor riding to the stake on horseback caresses and blesses his young son for the last time; below,the martyr Dr.Taylor is standing in a barrel filled with pitch while the pyre beneath him is lighted. Engraving with etching, 1813.

1813

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: Dr. Taylor on his way to the stake, met by & blessing his son near the Woolpack Inn. Dr. Taylor put into a pitch-tub & burnt at Aldham Common in Essex.

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