Title

Clovis and his Rebellious Soldier, 487 AD, (1875). Artist: G Greatbach

Caption

Clovis and his Rebellious Soldier, 487 AD, (1875). 'The soldier stooped to take up his weapon when the king, taking his own axe in his hand, clove his head with it, saying That is the way you struck the vase at Soissons!' The front cover of The History of France by Thomas Wright.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1875

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C24_176

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (3,7Mb) / 11,3in x 17,1in / 3396 x 5143 (300dpi)

Keywords

people male man men country French France monarch guy tool weapon weapons king royal death war location century soldiers soldier knight royalty crown concept punishment killing B&W axe rebellious MONOCHROME warfare 19th century black & white black and white B W weaponry nineteenth century The Print Collector 5th century sovereign King Clovis I King of the Franks engraving Clovis I G Greatbach Greatbach G engraving