Henry VIII of England meeting Francis I of France on horseback at the Field of the Cloth of Gold, 7 June 1520. Coats of arms hang from trees and knights in armor and heralds gather for a tournament. A gold dragon flies above Francis. An English bulldog meets a French poodle in the foreground. King Henry VIII meeting Francis I. Handcoloured steel engraving after an illustration by John Leech from Gilbert Abbott A’Beckett’s Comic History of England, Bradbury, Agnew & Co., London, 1880.

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