Title

'The barge of Edgar manned by eight kings on the Dee', 973 (1864). Artist: James William Edmund Doyle.

Caption

'The barge of Edgar manned by eight kings on the Dee', 1864. Edgar I, known as Edgar the Peaceful or the Peaceable, was King of England from 959 to 975. Six kings in Britain, including the King of Scots and the King of Strathclyde, pledged faith they would be the king's liege-men on sea and land. Later chroniclers made the kings into eight, all plying the oars of Edgar's state barge on the River Dee. From A Chronicle of England B.C. 55 - A.D. 1485 by James E. Doyle. [Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, London, 1864]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1864

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19D09_340

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

42,6Mb (2,6Mb) / 16,5in x 10,0in / 4952 x 3009 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation outdoors river England people male man men teamwork boat boats country day monarch guy geography English color colour king royal rowing location century loyalty oar oars royalty concept alliance royal barge on the move metaphor publication 19th century 10th Century tenth century water transport River Dee nineteenth century history The Print Collector Dee geographical feature sovereign TGN King Edgar King of England state barge engraving portrait James William Edmund Doyle James Doyle Edgar Edgar the Peaceable Eadgar I King Eadgar I Longman & Co Doyle James William Edmund Chronicle of England His Majesty Longman Roberts & Green Edgar the Peaceful Edga the Peaceable Edgar I King Edgar I Longman & Co engraving portrait