Keywords: Guy fawkes henry perronet briggs.jpg Artwork Creator Henry Perronet Briggs ca 1823 oil on canvas cm 149 199 Institution Laing Art Gallery http //www bbc co uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/the-discovery-of-the-gunpowder-plot-and-the-taking-of-guy-36358 BBC Your Paintings object history credit line gift from Viscount Ridley 1908 This painting shows the arrest of Guy Fawkes by the Royalist soldier Sir Thomas Knevet; Guy Fawkes 1570-1606 had been attempting to blow up the Houses of Parliament in the attack in 1605; Light gleams on the armour and rich clothing of Sir Thomas Knevet; On the left a concealed lantern throws subdued light on one of Guy Fawkes' men lighting his face from below<ref>http //www bridgemanart com/asset/426889 Bridgeman Art Library</ref> reflist accession number B8115 http //www parliament uk/gunpowderplot/children_arrest htm http //images bridgemanart com/cgi-bin/bridgemanImage cgi/2000 TW 8600340 7055475/426889 jpg PD-old-100 Henry Perronet Briggs Paintings in Laing Art Gallery 1820s paintings Stuart England in history paintings Guy Fawkes |