print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1872,1109.73
- Title
- Object: The first meeting of the British King Vortigern with the two Saxon Chiefs Hengist and Horsa, in the Isle of Thanet
- Description
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A landscape with a tree in the centre; Vortigern to left with a pair of companions, all unarmed, his hands thrown out in a gesture of peaceful greeting, approaching Hengist and Horsa, who stand with drawn swords, wearing armour with plumed helmets, armed men behind them; in a wreathed border; illustration to Raymond's 'History of England'.
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1786 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 250 millimetres
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Width: 164 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See 1872,1109.68.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: A New, Universal and Impartial History of England ...
- Acquisition date
- 1872
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1872,1109.73