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The engraving represents a Saxon chieftain, attended by his huntsman and a couple of hounds, pursuing the wild swine in a forest, taken from a manuscriptal painting of the ninth century in the Cotton Library.

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The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England from the Earliest Period to the Present Time
By Joseph Strutt
Published 1845
Available from gutenberg.org

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Sunday 30 August 2020

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900*318

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Century:9th, Hunting, Middle Ages

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• Places / Europe / Britain
• The Middle Ages

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