The_Battle_of_Bosworth_Field_-_A_Scene_from_the_Great_Drama_of_History.jpg

Description
English: The Battle of Bosworth Field - A Scene from the Great Drama of History : John Leech's illustration of Gilbert Abbott à Beckett's parodical criticism of the Victorian attitude towards history.
Date 1847–48
Source Image taken from BibliOdyssey: The Comic History of England . The drawing was first published in the The Comic History of England (1847–48). [1]
Author
John Leech (1817–1864) wikidata:Q1374807 s:en:Author:John Leech
John Leech
Alternative names
John Leech
Description English caricaturist, illustrator and drawer
Date of birth/death 29 August 1817 Edit this at Wikidata 29 October 1864 / 14 October 1864 / 1864 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London London
Work location
London ; England Edit this at Wikidata
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References

  1. ↑ Mitchell, Rosemary (2000) Picturing the Past: English History in Text and Image, 1830–1870 , Oxford : Oxford University Press, p. p. 211 Retrieved on 16 April 2009. ISBN : 0-19820-844-8 .