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April 20, 1653: Oliver Cromwell leads armed men into the Commons Chambers and dissolves the Rump Parliament. "You have sat too long for any good you have been doing lately...in the name of God, go!" Dutch satirical print, 1653. British Museum, item no. 1862,0208.21.1-2

A print mocking the political upheaval in England. The inscriptions on the left and right walls are telling: on the left wall we read "Dit Hvys is Te Hver" in Dutch and its English translation on the right wall: "This House is to Let." It's a chaotic scene. A man is dragging Speaker William Lenthall from the Speaker's Chair, children and dogs are ushering MPs from the chamber with help from an owl in glasses which carries a lit candle. Note the helpful legend at lower right, "This is an owle." Oliver Cromwell wields The Parliamentary Mace at a human-sized bird that carries a lantern. Not a proud moment.
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