Death of King Harold II at the Battle of Hastings
Death of King Harold II at the Battle of Hastings. Anglo-Saxon soldiers in chainmail armor and helmets are hit by a rain of arrows. One carries the dragon banner of the Earl of Wessex. Scene from the Bayeux Tapestry depicting the Norman Conquest 1066. Mort d'Harold. Handcoloured lithograph by Villain after an illustration by Horace de Viel-Castel from his Collection des costumes, armes et meubles pour servir E l'histoire de la France (Collection of costumes, weapons and furniture to be used in the history of France), Treuttel and Wurtz, Bossange, 1829
Picture No
14010365
Media ID
46690945
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6744px x 4621px
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Credit
©Florilegius/Mary Evans
Source
Horace de Viel-Castel





























