King John surrounded by barons and bishops signing

King John surrounded by barons and bishops signing the Magna Carta at Runnymede, 1215. The barons in chain mail suits of armor with tunics and boots, lances and shields with coats of arms. A young black boy slave holds an inkpot. King John signing the Magna Charta. Handcoloured steel engraving after an illustration by John Leech from Gilbert Abbott A'Beckett's Comic History of England, Bradbury, Agnew and Co. London, 1880

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