Title

Strategem of Lord Fauconberg at the Battle of Towton, Yorkshire, 1461 (1864). Artist: James William Edmund Doyle

Caption

Strategem of Lord Fauconberg at the Battle of Towton, Yorkshire, 1461 (1864). Lord Fauconbridge (1410-1463), leading the vanguard of Edward IV's (1422-1483) Yorkist army, orders his archers to shoot volleys of arrows and then retire. The battle, the largest and bloodiest to be fought on British soil, was a resounding victory for the Yorkists over the Lancastrian army.
Historica Graphica Collection

Date

1825

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historica Graphica Collection

Reference

HRM19D77_128

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

40,0Mb (2,2Mb) / 16,4in x 9,5in / 4928 x 2838 (300dpi)

Keywords

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