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King Victor Emmanuel II on the left and Napoleon on the right

by Nathaniel Bowditch volume 4 (Boston

The image was drawn from a stuffed specimen at Stuttgart

which was founded in 1618

the latter bearing the book half-title held on a banner made of the pelt of a lion

Death of King Harold, Battle of Hastings Product:Canvas King Victor Emmanuel II onDeath of King Harold, Battle of Hastings, 1066 (1864). Harold II (c1022 1066) was nominated as his successor as King of Angles and Saxons by Edward the Confessor. His claim to the throne was disputed by William of Normandy, however, who landed at Pevensey, Sussex with an army on 28 September 1066. William and Harold's armies met in battle on Senlac Hill, 6 miles inland from Hastings, on 14 October, with the Normans winning the day. According to