Picture No | 10933810 |
Date | 62 AD |
Description | Boadicea by Fortunino Matania |
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Boadicea (variously spelt, eg Boudicca), Queen of the Iceni, wife of Prasutagus. Leader of a vigorous but doomed revolt against the Roman occupation of Britain. Pictured here as having, according to Tacitus, taken 'poison on the stricken field.' No. 2 in the series 'Famous Women from History' written by Kenneth Bell and illustrated by Fortunino Matania in Britannia and Eve magazine. Typically of Matania, Boadicea is sensual and voluptuous in her anguish.
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Source | Illustration by Fortunino Matania in Britannia and Eve, June 1929 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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