A lantern supposedly used by Guy Fawkes in attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament and rid the country of the Protestant King James, a plot orchestrated by the Catholic conspirator, Robert Catesby. The lantern is housed in the Ashmolean Museum.

Date:
1880
Location:
ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM, ST GILES STREET, OXFORD, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Reference:
HT02765
Type:
Photograph (Inkjet Print)
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This is part of the Series: HWT01/01 Glass plate negatives and inkjet prints; within the Collection: HWT01 Henry W Taunt collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Holder of Original Archive: Centre For Oxfordshire Studies

Photographer: Taunt, Henry W

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