2-704-773 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'A Feast. Detail from the Bayeux Tapestry, late 11th century', (1944). Scene from the embroidery depicting the Norman Invasion of England in 1066. King William I sits down to a banquet with his nobles and Bishop Odo says grace. On the left men hold chickens on skewers and drink from horns. A servant spills a jug of water. From "The English At Table", by John Hampson. [William Collins, London, 1944]