The night after the battle: Edith discovers, amid the slain, the body of Harold, last Saxon King of England

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Maker

(artist)
1806-1870
(printmaker)
1801-1882
(publisher)

Title

The night after the battle: Edith discovers, amid the slain, the body of Harold, last Saxon King of England

Date of Production

1866

Dimensions

Height: 22 cm
Width: 47 cm

Object Number

G.1990.WL.8681.44

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Inscriptions

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

Inscription: recto, upper right : 42 //

Inscription: recto, lower margin : The night after the battle: Edith discovers, amid the slain, the body of Harold, last Saxon King of England. //

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