Sujet

'Alfred the Great in the Neat-Herd's Cottage', 1925. Creator: Howard Davie.

Légende

'Alfred the Great in the Neat-Herd's Cottage', 1925. King Alfred accidentally burns some cakes while preoccupied with the problems of his kingdom. Illustration of a wax tableau at Madame Tussauds, a wax museum founded in London in 1835 by the French sculptor Marie Tussaud. From "Madame Tussaud's: The Palace of Enchantment" described by Capt. Edric Vredenburg, illustrated by Howard Davie, [Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd, London, 1925]

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM25A06_240

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

163,1Mo (3,7Mo) / 55,0cm x 74,3cm / 6492 x 8779 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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