Accession number:
PML 196071.30
Published:
London : Darton & Hodge Holborn Hill, [between 1862 and 1865?]
Description:
1 print : lithograph, hand colored ; image: 298 x 227 mm; sheet: 380 x 280 mm
Credit:
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes:
Hand colored lithograph, signed at lower left: J. Barfoot.
Date of publication suggested by imprint; the firm of Darton & Hodge was evidently located at Holborn Hill during the years 1862 to 1865.
Variant Title:
Ancient Britons
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Print shows a group of three men and woman in the foreground, with the sea and rocky coastline visible behind them; they are dressed in pelts and the men are tattooed and wield spears. A chariot and shield are visible at right. In the background, three more men stand on the rocks and gesture or gaze out to sea.
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