William Duke of Normandy’s second set of messengers riding to Wido, Count Guy of Ponthieu. The envoys carry lances and shields with coat of arms. A man baits a muzzled bear in the border. Scene from the Bayeux Tapestry depicting the Norman Conquest 1066. Envoyes de Guillaume. Handcoloured lithograph by Villain after an illustration by Horace de Viel-Castel from his Collection des costumes, armes et meubles pour servir à l'histoire de la France (Collection of costumes, weapons and furniture to be used in the history of France), Treuttel & Wurtz, Bossange, 1829.

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