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'A frightful Example. Death of Hardicanute', c1860, (c1860). Artist: John Leech.

'A frightful Example. Death of Hardicanute', c1860, (c1860). Artist: John Leech.

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'A frightful Example. Death of Hardicanute', c1860, (c1860). Harthacnut (c1018-1042) King of Denmark from 1035 to 1042 and King of England from 1040 to 1042. On 8 June 1042, Harthacnut attended a wedding in Lambeth, as he was drinking to the health of the bride, he died suddenly due an excessive intake of alcohol. From The Comic History of England, Volume I, by Gilbert A A'Beckett. [Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., London]

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