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Record Number: BOR0196

Related Work: Betrothed, The

Illustration Title/Caption: It is Wenlock's Head

Keyword(s): Amelot - Arms & Armaments - Genvil, Ralph - Knights - Miller, Hob - Murder & Murderers

Artist: Walter Paget

Engraver: Henry Macbeth-Raeburn

Work Type: etching

Size(cm): 14 x 9.2

Date: 1894

Source Text: Waverley Novels [Border Edition], ed. Andrew Lang, 48 vols (London: John C. Nimmo, 1892-94)

Position in Source Text: vol. 37, facing p. 368

Location of Copy: NLS, Lit.S.22

Image File Name: No image available for this record.


Notes: Depicts Hob Miller on horseback presenting the head of the Englishman Wenlock to the page Amelot and his companion Genvil, who are both mounted in full armour and carry lances [Ch. 27].

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