The Ensigns of Royalty Resigned by Edward II, illustration published by Henry Delahoy Symonds, 29 March 1796.
A figure, perhaps Roger Mortimer, outstretches his hand to take the royal sceptre from the deposed king Edward II, who would be slain later that year. Mortimer's invasion of England in 1326 installed himself as de facto ruler alongside the queen regent Isabella of France, only to see himself deposed and hanged for usurpation of royal power some short years later.
British Museum, London.
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