This image by Michael Droeshout (1593-1632) was done most likely around 1621-3. This is less than 20 years after the plot and therefore it is possible that the likenesses are accurate. This image was probably created as part of Anti-Catholic propaganda related to the Spanish Marriage.

About the Image:
Source: Gerard,John What was the Gunpowder Plot. "This is taken from a large plate (British Museum, Political and Personal Satires, i. 67.), of which this is the lower portion. At the top is the inscription: The Powder Treason, Propounded by Sathan, Approved by Anti-Christ, Enterprised by Papists, Practiced by Traitors, Reveled by an Eagle, Expounded by an Oracle- Founded in hell, Confounded in Heaven". King James is seen on his throne with Lords and Commons Before him. Under the floor is a diminutive figure of Faukes with an ample store of barrels. At the bottom, in the left hand corner, some of the conspirators r eceive the sacrament from Father Gerard: on the right they are executed. On a lunette are thirteen conspirators, with the arch-traitor Garnet in the center, the band being described as "The Pope's Saltpeeter Saints." Within the lunette are the Jesuits in Hell"

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