Costume of a pagan Saxon Chief

Costume of a pagan Saxon Chief standing on a dead Briton. He wears a four-pointed helmet, Roman-style breastplate, spear, convex shield with boss, a wreath of amber-beads and a golden torque around his neck. In the background, a Saxon ship with square sail. 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 Amber Ancient History Aquatint Beads Boss Breastplate Briton Charles Hamilton Smith Havell Pagan Samuel Meyrick Torque

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