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Maaeata and Caledonian men, inhabitants of the plains and forests of North Britain, pre-Roman era. The Catini man on the left carries a cat, a club with four spikes. The Caledonian holds an aseth (spear). Both are covered in blue woad tattoos. Handcoloured aquatint by R. Havell from an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith from Samuel Meyrick's Costume of the Original Inhabitants of the British Islands, London, 1821.
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Caption:
Maaeata and Caledonian men, inhabitants of the plains and forests of North Britain, pre-Roman era. The Catini man on the left carries a cat, a club with four spikes. The Caledonian holds an aseth (spear). Both are covered in blue woad tattoos. Handcoloured aquatint by R. Havell from an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith from Samuel Meyrick's Costume of the Original Inhabitants of the British Islands, London, 1821.
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Album / Florilegius
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Image size:
4407 x 6690 px | 84.4 MB
Print size:
37.3 x 56.6 cm | 14.7 x 22.3 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
19TH CENTURY • 19TH • ANCIENT HISTORY • ANIMAL: CAT • AQUATINT • AQUATINT, ETCHING • ASETH • BARBAR • BARBARIAN • BLUE • BURIAL PLACES • CALEDONIAN • CAT • CATINI • CHARLES HAMILTON SMITH • CLUB • COSTUME OF THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS • CROMLECH • DOLMEN • ETCHED ENGRAVING • FELIS CATUS • FORESTS • GREAT BRITAIN • HANDCOLOURED • HAVELL • ILLUSTRATION • INHABITANT • LAN-Y-ON • LANCE • MAAEATA • MEGALITHIC • MENHIR • MONOLITH • NORDEN • NORTH • PASTEL (DYE) • PASTEL • PICTS • PLAINS • RACE • RESIDENT • SAMUEL MEYRICK • SCOTLAND UNITED KINGDOM • SCOTLAND • SOLDIER • SPEAR • TATOO • TATTOO • TATTOOS • TOMBS • TRIBE • TROOPS • WALES • WARRIOR • WARRIORS • WOAD
