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The painting entitled Gunpowder Plot and Guy Fawkes was painted by Henry Perronet Briggs (RA). This painting shows the arrest of Guy Fawkes by the Royalist soldier Sir Thomas Knevet. Guy Fawkes had been attempting to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605. Light gleams on the armour and rich clothing of Sir Thomas Knevet. A concealed lantern throws subdued light on one of Guy Fawkes men, lighting his face from below. The twisting, interlocked poses and the dramatic light effects were influenced by 17th-century Baroque painting style. Buy this as a framed art print, canvas art print or art poster.
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