Title

Richmond at Bosworth, 1902. Artist: Patten Wilson

Caption

'Richmond at Bosworth, 1902. Battle of Bosworth Field, 22 August 1485. Richard III (1452-1485), last Yorkist king of England from 1483. Richard was killed on the battlefield and the crown passed to the Lancastrian champion, Henry Tudor (1457-1509) who, as Henry VII, became the first Tudor monarch of England. Bosworth was the decisive battle in the Wars of the Roses (1455-1487), the struggle between the houses of York and Lancaster for the throne of England. After a work by Patten Wilson (1869-1934). From A Child's History of England by Charles Dickens [J. M. Dent & Co., New York, 1902]
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Date

1902

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C64_129

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

27,6Mb (2,6Mb) / 8,8in x 12,2in / 2648 x 3648 (300dpi)

Keywords

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