3789876 Duke of Monmouth taken after the battle of Sedgemoor by Smirke, Robert (1752-1845) (after); (add.info.: Duke of Monmouth taken after the battle of Sedgemoor. James 1st Duke of Monmouth (1649-1685) the illegitimate son of Charles II, fought for the British in the Third Anglo-Dutch War (1672-1674), and was beheaded in 1685 after a failed attempt to depose James II, in what was called the Monmouth Rebellion. After the engraving by T.Sherratt, after the painting by R. Smirke. History of England, Vol.1 Hume & Smollet, George Virtue: London, plate after p.848); Lebrecht History.