19th-century illustration of scene where queen Philippa (1314-1369), the queen of England, persuades her husband to spare the lives of the Burghers o

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19th-century illustration of scene where queen Philippa (1314-1369), the queen of England, persuades her husband to spare the lives of the Burghers of Calais, whom he had planned to execute as an example to the townspeople following his successful siege of that city. Original artwork published in "A pictorial history of the world's great nations: from the earliest dates to the present time" by Charlotte M. Yonge (Selmar Hess, New York, 1882).

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Size: 6610px × 4797px
Photo credit: © Les Archives Digitales / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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