Portrait of King Edward II of England, Edward of Caernavon. With crown, sceptre, orb and mantle. Emblems indicate marriage to Isabella of France, death of Gaveston, Battle of Bannockburn, and murder. Handcoloured steel engraving after an illustration by Mary Ann Rundall from A Symbolical History of England, from Early Times to the Reign of William IV, Truchy, Paris, 1839. Mary Ann Rundall was a teacher of young ladies in Bath, and published her book of mnemonic emblems in 1815.

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Size: 6191px × 4697px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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