Powder Plot
About the Image:
Source: Gerard,John What was the Gunpowder
Plot. "Invented by Samuel Ward, Preacher, of Ipswich. Imprinted at Amsterdam, 1621." ( British Museum, Political and Personal Satires, i. 41.) "This is the portion to the right of a composition representing on the left the Spanish Armada, and in the centre a council table at which are gathered the Devil, the Pope, the King of Spain, the General of the Jesuits, and others. An Eye above is fixed on the cellar. Faukes in this case is going to blow up the Painted Chamber."