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King Canute and the waves [print].

Accession number
PML 147580
Creator
Sullivan, Edmund J. (Edmund Joseph), 1869-1933.
Published
[England : s.n.], 1920.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Signed within image at bottom: Edmund J. Sullivan 1920.
Description
1 print : photoengraving ; image: 291 x 368 mm; sheet: 379 x 508 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows King Canute the Great, facing right, seated on his throne on the sea shore as the tide rises to cover his feet; behind him at left stand his courtiers, armed with winged helmets, spears, and shields, accompanied by the figure of a Bishop.
Classification
Department