The discovery of King Harold's body at the Battle of Hastings. Line engraving by E.R. Whitfield after W. Hilton, 1834.

  • Hilton, William, 1786-1839.
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[between 1800 and 1899]
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18575i
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"The chronicle of Waltham Abbey, of which Harold was patron, describes how his body was identified on the field of Hastings by his former concubine, Eadgyth Swanneshals ('Edith Swanneck')." (Oxford dictionary of national biography, s.v. "Eadgifu [Eddeua] the Fair [the Rich] (fl. 1066)"; "According to Waltham tradition, Harold's handfast wife, Edith Swanneck, brought the king's mutilated body from Hastings to Waltham" (ibid., s.v. Harold II)

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London : The Proprietors, [between 1800 and 1899] (G. Virtue)

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1 print : line engraving

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Finding the body of Harold. From a picture in the Vernon gallery. Size of picture 11ft. by 8 ft. E. Whitfield engraver ; W. Hilton R.A. painter.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 18575i

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After: a painting formerly in Robert Vernon's collection, latterly in the Tate Gallery where named as "Editha and the monks searching for the body of Harold"

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