A messenger bringing news of Harold to William Duke of Normandy before the Battle of Hastings 1066. Scene from the Bayeux Tapestry depicting the Norman Conquest 1066. Facsimile de la Tapisserie de Bayeux, grandeur de l’original. Handcoloured lithograph by Villain after an illustration by Horace de Viel-Castel from his Collection des costumes, armes et meubles pour servir à l'histoire de la France (Collection of costumes, weapons and furniture to be used in the history of France), Treuttel & Wurtz, Bossange, 1829.

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