Death of King Harold, Battle of Hastings Size:XL: 100 x 80cm There is a working-class man's

There is a working-class man's wide-brimmed hat at his feet and he wipes the honest sweat from his brow with a plebian spotted handkerchief

April 1969

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View of the brick lighthouses built in the 18th century to replace earlier wooden towers

Death of King Harold, Battle of Hastings Size:XL: 100 x 80cm There is a working-class man'sDeath of King Harold, Battle of Hastings, 1066 (1864). Harold II (c1022 1066) was nominated as his successor as King of Angles and Saxons by Edward the Confessor. His claim to the throne was disputed by William of Normandy, however, who landed at Pevensey, Sussex with an army on 28 September 1066. William and Harold's armies met in battle on Senlac Hill, 6 miles inland from Hastings, on 14 October, with the Normans winning the day. According to