Title

Athelstan saves his Father's life by taking Leofrid the Dane Prisoner', 1773.

Caption

'Athelstan saves his Father's life by taking Leofrid the Dane Prisoner', 1773. King Athelstan (894-939) saving the Life of his Father, Edward the Elder, (874-924) at the Battle of Sherwood,After Samuel Wale (1721-1786). From "A New and Complete History of England, From the Earliest Period of Authentic Intelligence to the Present Time", by Temple Sydney. [J. Cooke, London, 1773]

Date

1773

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F20_037

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

63,9Mb (4,3Mb) / 12,6in x 19,6in / 3789 x 5892 (300dpi)

Keywords

engraving portrait nature exterior outdoors tree building England people male man men family father plant plants arts country frame fatherhood life monarch book guy British weapon weapons English castle king decorative royal fortification kneeling war text location Armed Forces century sword Britain son saving literature royalty swords SHIELD concept defeat dad B&W defeated MONOCHROME Army framed warfare surrender titled Day 10th Century tenth century surrendering black & white black and white B W weaponry 18th century Eighteenth Century history historic trees The Print Collector Anglo Saxon Anglo-Saxon sovereign TGN King Athelstan King of England Sherwood Forest illustration Samuel Wale outside engraving portrait King Athelstan Temple Cooke King Edward the Elder Edward the Elder Sydney William Walker Walker William J Cooke Wale Samuel His Majesty Leofrid the Dane Dane Leofrid the J. J J. Cooke New and Complete History of England William Walker I Sydney Temple