Flee, English! Dead is Edmond!', c1860, (c1860). Artist: John Leech.

Flee, English! Dead is Edmond!', c1860, (c1860). Artist: John Leech.

2-651-925 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Flee, English! Dead is Edmond!', c1860, (c1860). During one of the many battles between the King of England Edmund II, known as Edmund Ironside and Danish king Cnut the Great, a severed held was held up that a resembled Edmund Ironside, paralysing the English army causing mass panic. From The Comic History of England, Volume I, by Gilbert A A'Beckett. [Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., London]


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People Information

Creator
  1. John Leech, attributed to: British: Artist, illustrator and printmaker
People Related
  1. Bradbury, Agnew & Co: British: Publisher
  2. Gilbert Abbott A Beckett: British: Author, writer, journalist, lawyer, playwright

Medium
  1. Engraving

Picture Type
  1. Caricature
  2. Satire

Category Hierarchy

People Royalty

History & Politics War & Military Wars, Battles & Events

People Famous People

Society & Culture Art & Literature

Artistic Representations Satires

Artistic Representations Caricatures

History & Politics Historical Events


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4175x6893
File Size : 84,312kb


Aliases

  1. 0580040905
  1. 2-651-925
  1. 2651925

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