Sujet

'Blondel, under the walls of Richard's Prison', c1860, (c1860). Creator: John Leech.

Légende

'Blondel, under the walls of Richard's Prison', c1860, (c1860). Blondel de Nesle (c1155-1202) under the walls of Richard I’s (1157-1199) Prison. By 1260 the legend of Récits d'un Ménestrel de Reims, claimed that after Richard I was held for ransom in 1192, he was found by the minstrel Blondel, whom he saw from his window and sang a song with. From "The Comic History of England, Volume I", by Gilbert A A'Beckett. [Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., London]

Date

1860

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19D06_358

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

60,2Mo (3,4Mo) / 35,3cm x 42,8cm / 4164 x 5052 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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