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[[File:The Pillage of Castle Basil.jpg|format=border|center|500px|caption=The Pillage of Castle Basil]]

[[File:The Pillage of Castle Basil.jpg|format=border|thumb|left|500px|Needlework recreation of The Pillage of Castle Basil by {{has person|Josephine Hawes}}]]

Family heirloom currently in the personal possession of {{has person|Jennifer Louise James|alt=Jennifer Crews}}. This artwork is a needlepoint reproduction of [[:File:The Plundering of Basing House - Charles Landseer.jpg|The Plundering of Basing House]] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Landseer Charles Landseer]<ref>{{citation:The Plundering of Basing House - Charles Landseer.jpg/citation listing}}</ref>.  Believed to have been completed circa 1852 by {{has person|Josephine Hawes}} when she was about 17 years old.<ref>Citation:The Boston Globe Sun Nov 21 1915 .jpg</ref>   

This family heirloom,currently in the personal possession of {{has person|Jennifer Louise James|alt=Jennifer Crews}}, is a needlepoint reproduction of [[:File:The Plundering of Basing House - Charles Landseer.jpg|The Plundering of Basing House]] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Landseer Charles Landseer]<ref>{{citation:The Plundering of Basing House - Charles Landseer.jpg/citation listing}}</ref>.  Believed to have been completed circa 1852 by {{has person|Josephine Hawes}} when she was about 17 years old.<ref>Citation:The Boston Globe Sun Nov 21 1915 .jpg</ref>   

[[:File:The Plundering of Basing House - Charles Landseer.jpg|The Plundering of Basing House]] is an oil painting on canvas finished sometime prior to 1836.  It measures 1028 × 1280 mm, and is currently in the possession of the Tate Museam.<ref>https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/landseer-the-plundering-of-basing-house-n00612</ref>  It depicts the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Basing_House plundering of the Basing House] by  Oliver Cromwell in 1645.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Basing_House</ref> 

[[:File:The Plundering of Basing House - Charles Landseer.jpg|The Plundering of Basing House]] is an oil painting on canvas finished sometime prior to 1836, and is currently in the possession of the Tate Museum.<ref>https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/landseer-the-plundering-of-basing-house-n00612</ref>  The painting depicts the aftermath of the third, and final, engagement of the siege on October 1645 during the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_English_Civil_War First English Civil War]. During the engagement Oliver Cromwell breached its defenses on {{has date|October 14, 1645}}.   During the assault the House caught fire and was badly damaged. What remained was "totally slighted and demolished" by order of Parliament, with the stones of the House offered free to anyone who would cart them away. <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Basing_House</ref>       

 

The Basing house is located at Basing House, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, and was placed under siege three time on 6 November 1643–15 November 1643, 4 June 1644–15 November 1644, and October 1645 during the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_English_Civil_War First English Civil War] when Oliver Cromwell breached it's defenses. During the two years of the siege, upwards of 2,000 Parliamentarians were slain and once through killed about a quarter of the 400 members of the garrison, including ten priests. During the assault the House caught fire and was badly damaged. What remained was "totally slighted and demolished" by order of Parliament, with the stones of the House offered free to anyone who would cart them away. <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Basing_House</ref>       

==Known Provenance==

==Known Provenance==

* {{has person|Jennifer Louise James|alt=Jennifer Crews}}

* {{has person|Jennifer Louise James|alt=Jennifer Crews}}

* {{has person|William Oliver James}}

* {{has person|William Oliver James}}

* {{has persson|Rachel Winch Edwards}}

* {{has person|Rachel Winch Edwards}}<ref>{{Citation:The Boston Globe Sun Nov 21 1915 .jpg/Citation Listing}}</ref>

* {{has perons|Josephine Hawes}}

* {{has person|Josephine Hawes}}<ref>{{Citation:The Boston Globe Sun Nov 21 1915 .jpg/Citation Listing}}</ref>

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