Execution of the conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot in Old Palace Yard, Westminster, 1606 mb-artistname Thomas Hearne King William IV and Queen

King William IV and Queen Adelaide were among those attending the ceremony

whilst a laughing figure behind the woman points towards them

and St Paul's Cathedral

North view of Westminster Abbey

Also showing JW Wilson's tobacconists on the corner of Red Cross Street

Execution of the conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot in Old Palace Yard, Westminster, 1606 mb-artistname Thomas Hearne King William IV and QueenExecution of the conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot in Old Palace Yard, Westminster, 1606, (1795). In the foreground two conspirators are being dragged towards the gallows, where one man has been hanged and another is being disembowled. The spectacle is watched by crowds at windows and in the yard.