Execution on Tower Hill, London Finsbury Circus View of two figures standing

View of two figures standing near a shop front on Macclesfield Street

The traffic includes a smart carriage drawn by four horses

A couple selling spoons and asking for old brass or pewter

The theatre was later renamed the Adelphi

Execution on Tower Hill, London Finsbury Circus View of two figures standingExecution on Tower Hill, London, 1746. Scene showing William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock, and Arthur Elphinstone, 6th Lord Balmerinoch, being beheaded at Tower Hill for their part in the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745. The Tower of London is on the right and a crowd of spectators is gathered around the execution platform to the left. Below is a description.