Charles I of England Size:XXL: 150 x 100cm Bird identified by Catesby as

Bird identified by Catesby as 'Caprimulgus'

spicis cylindricis subsilitus

the 85hp engine provided a top speed of 84mph

on his right is Joseph Sabine

Below that is a landscape vignette in which a snake and a hart appear in woodland

Charles I of England Size:XXL: 150 x 100cm Bird identified by Catesby asCharles I of England, (1784). Portrait of King Charles I (1600 1649), who succeeded his father James I as King in 1625. His reign was dominated by a bitter dispute with Parliament over the extent of royal power, which culminated in 1642 in the English Civil War, and Charles' eventual execution for treason. Engraved for Harrison's edition of Rapin's History of England. Hand coloured later.