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Object Type
Museum number: J,22.9
Title: Object: Anglo-Saxon Military Chief, Trumpeter and Warriors.; Series: Selections of the Ancient Costume of Great Britain & Ireland
Description: A warrior standing to right, holding a shield in his left hand and preparing to use a spear held up in his right hand; a trumpeter blowing a trumpet in foreground at left; a king and a warrier on horseback in background at right, followed by warriors on foot; halberd lying in foreground; bow, arrow, quiver and shield below image, lettered with date '975' below; after Charles Hamilton Smith. 1812 Etching and aquatint with hand-colouring
Producer name: Print made by: John Augustus Atkinson (etching); Print made by: John Havell (aquatint); After: Lieut-Col Charles Hamilton Smith; Published by: Colnaghi
School/style
Production date: 1812
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: etching; aquatint; hand-coloured
Dimensions: Height: 325 millimetres; Width: 252 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: For a comment on this series, see J,22.1.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: british costume; warrior; military costume
Associated names
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1816-1833
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: J,22.9
Additional IDs: Other BM number: 1972,U.478.7

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