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Bishop Hooper in Cricklade Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, 1555

Image credit: Bingham Library and Art Gallery Foundation

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With an armed guard to escort him, Bishop Hooper stops in Cricklade Street outside the Bishop Blaize inn. The woman on her knees pleads for forgiveness for doubting his Protestant beliefs. Bishop Hooper was burnt at the stake in Gloucester in 1555, a martyr in the reign of Catholic Queen Mary.

Bingham Gallery

Cirencester

Title

Bishop Hooper in Cricklade Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, 1555

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 109 x W 150 cm

Accession number

BLT 072

Acquisition method

presented by the family of the artist, 1912

Work type

Painting

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