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Tostig, meditating another attack upon Harold, solicits the aid of Sweyn, King of Denmark, and of Harold Hardrada, King of Norway

Maker

(artist)
1806-1870

(printmaker)
1801-1882

(publisher)

Title

Tostig, meditating another attack upon Harold, solicits the aid of Sweyn, King of Denmark, and of Harold Hardrada, King of Norway

Date of Production

1866

Dimensions

Height: 22 cm
Width: 47 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.8681.23

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: recto, upper right : 21 //

Inscription: recto, lower margin : Tostig, meditating another attack upon Harold, solicits the aid of Sweyn, King of Denmark, and of Harold Hardrada, King of Norway. //

Inscription: recto, lower margin : D. MACLISE. R.A. inv. / L. GRUNER dir. //

Inscription: recto, within image, lower right : TOSTIG / HAROLD HARDRADA //

Inscription: recto, lower margin : SWEYN / TOSTIG //

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