Boadicea Queen of the Iceni, Roman era

Boadicea, Queen of the Iceni, Roman era. She wears a gwn (tunic) over a long pais (petticoat), a cloak, fibula (brooch), bracelets, and holds a lance. In the background are warrior Britons and one of her daughters in the petoritum (chariot). Handcoloured aquatint by R. Havell from an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith from Samuel Meyrick's Costume of the Original Inhabitants of the British Islands, London, 1821

19th Century Ancient History Aquatint Barbarians Boadicea Boudica Boudicca Brooch Chariot Charles Hamilton Smith Fibula Havell Iceni Pais Petticoat Samuel Meyrick

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