Interview between Francis I and Henry VIII, on the Field of the Cloth of Gold, 1520, (1870). Artist: Unknown.

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Interview between Francis I and Henry VIII, on the Field of the Cloth of Gold, 1520, (1870). A wood engraving after bas-reliefs in the Hotel of the Bourg Herold, Rouen. Lavishly decorated tents were constructed at the field of the Cloth of Gold, the meeting place near Calais in France, where Henry VIII of England and Francis I of France met to arrange an alliance between their countries between June 7 and 24, 1520. Illustration from The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix, (London, 1870). (Colorised black and white print).

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Size: 4000px × 2701px
Location: World,Europe,France,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,Calais
Photo credit: © The Print Collector/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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