M0013993: Bayeux Tapestry: a comet pointed out to King Harold

Date:
May 1955
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Description

Reproduction of a photograph of a section of the Bayeux Tapestry depicting a comet (later identified as Haley's Comet) being pointed out to King Harold, published in MacLagan, Eric: The Bayeux tapestry, London : Penguin, 1943

Publication/Creation

May 1955

Physical description

1 photograph
glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

Terms of use

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item Open.

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

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Where to find it

Location of original

Wellcome Library; GB.
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