Boadicea Queen of the Iceni

The Costume of the original inhabitants of the Bri Author: Meyrick, Sir Samuel Rush; Smith, C.H.; (joint authorship) / Illustrator: Havell, Robert R. Havell: London, 1815 Language: English Source/Shelfmark: 141.h.13.(1), plate X opposite 35 Boudicca, d.61 A.D. British warrior queen. She wears a pais woven chequerwise of many colours. Over this a Gwn. On her shoulders a cloak fastened by a fibula. At the bottom of plate is represented a pair of bronze breats plates, discovered near Polden Hill, Somersetshire. Image taken from The Costume of the original inhabitants of the British Islands from the earliest periods to the sixth century, to which is added that of theGothic nations on the Western Coasts of the Baltic, the ancestors of the Anglo-saxons and Anglo-Danes.. Originally published/produced in R. Havell: London, 1815.