Paintings, Prints & Drawings — 1687
Titus Oates in the Pillory outside Westminster Hall
Titus Oates was one of the most infamous false informers in British history. As well as being condemned to life imprisonment for perjury in May 1685, Oates also had to stand annually in the pillory and, every May, be flogged from Aldgate to Newgate and, two days later, from Newgate to Tyburn.
This painting shows Oates standing in the pillory in New Palace Yard in 1687. Westminster Hall can be seen on the left and in the distance is the new Palace Gate which opened onto King Street.
The artist is unknown but is clearly someone who knew the work of Jan Wyck as the handling of the paint is very similar to a painting of a frost fair in the collection of Yale Center for British Art. The viewpoint is identical to a work by Hollar of 1647.
- Category:
- Paintings, Prints & Drawings
- Object ID:
- 34.54
- Object name:
- Titus Oates in the Pillory outside Westminster Hall
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Wyck, Jan (imitator of)
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- Production date:
- 1687
- Material:
- oil, canvas, wood
- Measurements/duration:
- H 625 mm, W 747 mm (unframed), H 750 mm, W 874 mm, D 40 mm (framed)
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- Record quality:
- 100%
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- Credit:
- Presented by the Art Fund
- Copyright holder:
- digital image © London Museum
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