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'Charles I imprisoned in Carisbrook Castle' (King Charles I) NPG D32078

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by George Noble, after Robert Smirke

Charles was imprisoned at Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight for much of his final year. Here, the king awaits his fate in a lonely cell attended by a pitying servant. His stoic suffering and isolation invite comparison with the Biblical motif Ecce Homo ('Behold the Man'), a popular image in Western art depicting the scourged Christ being presented to the people by Pontius Pilate. This idealised image of the king betrays none of the artist Robert Smirke's republican sympathies, which would... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.