Painting and Sculpture

Edith Recovering Harold's Body after the Battle of Hastings

Edith Recovering Harold's Body after the Battle of Hastings is an 1827 history painting by the French artist Horace Vernet. It depicts the aftermath of the Battle of Hastings in 1066 during the Norman Conquest of England, where the English monarch Harold Godwinson was defeated and killed in the fighting.

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• ▸Leisure Time in an Elegant Setting
• ▸Akan art
• ▸Fujiko Nakaya

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