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Frith, John, 1503-1533
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Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: John Frith and Andrew Hewet, hands folded as in prayer, stand back-to-back and tied to the stake. An active and rowdy crowd gathers around the two men as onlookers look out the windows of the buildings in the background. The man in the lower right corner of the image prepares to ignite the fagg... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Frith and Hewet stand among stacked faggots and await martyrdom. A large crowd observes the execution, which is about to occur in a town square. A friar addresses the crowd, some of whom gesture in alarm. Soldiers prepare the pyre, and a richly dressed man watches from horseback. This woodcut app...