Boscobel House.

This retreat of Charles the Second, after the battle of Worcester, is still standing, as well as the relics of the famous oak to the left, where he concealed himself with Colonel Carles during a whole day, and saw the country scoured by the Parliament-soldiers. From this house Charles proceeded in the disguise of groom to Mrs. Lane, and rode before her double into Somersetshire. The apartment is still shown which he inhabited, and the vicinity abounds in traditions relative to his concealments and escapes.

Boscobel House.

B1974.12.843 ba- obj- 24390 -0001

Yale Center for British Art, 2017