Anglo Saxon woman of the 9th century. Lady in double veil, mantle, embroidered tunic, and long gown from Harley BM MS 2908. Carriage with hammock suspended from poles from the Hexateuch, Cotton MS Claudius B iv, signet ring and bracelet from Tiberius C vi. Handcoloured copperplate engraving etched by John Augustus Atkinson, aquatinted by John Hill, after an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith from his own Selections of Ancient Costume of Great Britain and Ireland, Colnaghi and Co., London, 1814.

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