Sir Walter Raleigh parting his wife on the morning of his execution, 1618, (1872)

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Sir Walter Raleigh parting his wife on the morning of his execution, 1618, (1872)

Sir Walter Raleigh parting his wife on the morning of his execution, 1618, (1872). Raleigh (1554-1618) was an English adventurer, explorer and writer, a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I, who knighted him in 1585. In 1584-1589 he was involved in an unsuccessful attempt to establish a colony in North America, but did introduce tobacco and the potato to Britain from the New World. Accused of treason by Elizabeths successor, James I, he was imprisoned in the Tower of London and eventually put to death in 1618. His head was embalmed and presented to his wife who apparently carried it with her until she died. Engraving from John Gilmary Sheas A Childs History of the United States, Hess and McDavitt, (New York, 1872)

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