Object number
1997.51.5
Title
A Postcard of the Gloucestershire Historical Pageant, 1908.
Creator
Description
Colour postcard of the Gloucestershire Pageant 1908. 'Saxon Slave Market'. Produced by Raphael Tuck & Sons, 'Oilette' postcard 9623; painting by Sydney Herbert.
Date
1908 - 1908
Production period
20th century
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Inscription
SAXON SLAVE MARKET. / The unveiling of Britis. A.D.800.Sydney Herbert"THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE PAGEANT." / [trademark] Raphael Tuck & Sons "OILETTE" Postcard 9623. / ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN.Saxon Slave Market. Although nominally illegal / both before and after the Conquest, slavery and its accompanying / brutalities were openly conducted in the western counties / of England until it was discontinued and abolished by / Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester [1062 to 1095]. Bristol was / one of the chief centres of this trade, which was principally / carried on with the adjacent Welsh peninsula. The picture / shows the unveiling of Britis, a beautiful captinve Welsh / princess.GLOUCESTERSHIRE PAGEANT+1908. OFFICIAL POSTCARD
