Guy Fawkes Symbol

The guy fawkes mask is a stylised depiction of guy fawkes the best known member of the gunpowder plot an attempt to blow up the house of lords in london on 5 november 1605.

Guy fawkes symbol. Today is guy fawkes day. World news ua reincarnating guy fawkes. Illustrator david lloyd stylised a smiling face with red cheeks a wide moustache upturned at both ends and a thin vertical pointed. 5 for centuries since soon after fawkes death.

The mask is a stylized version of guy fawkes an englishman who tried to bomb the british parliament on nov. They re very meaningful masks said alexandra ricciardelli who was rolling cigarettes on a table outside her tent in new york s zuccotti park two days before the anniversary of fawkes failed bombing. I know no reason why the gunpowder treason be forgotten what an old traditional british nursery rhyme says november 5 known as guy fawkes night. Scroll down for photos of the vendetta mask at protests around the world.

In great britain guy fawkes day and its post meridian counterpart bonfire night have been celebrated every nov.