Saint Jestin ab Geraint

St. Jestin ab Geraint, son of the celebrated naval hero Geraint ab Erbin, a prince of the Devonshire Britons. He wears a cope fastened with fibula, short mantle and tunic, and holds a staff. In the background, a Celtic cross in the village of Carew, Pembrokeshire. 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 Briton Carew Celt Charles Hamilton Smith Cope Fibula Havell Mantle Pembrokeshire Samuel Meyrick

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