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

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

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.8681.44

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Location

Not currently on display

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

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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