1-626-965 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Warwick the King aker, 15th century English nobleman and soldier, (1893). Warwick (1428-1471) in armour holding a shield and sword. He was killed at the Battle of Barnet on 14 April 1471 during the Wars of the Roses (1455-1487) between the houses of Lancaster and York fighting for the throne of England. From the Rous Roll of the Earls of Warwick. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume II, Macmillan and Co, London, New York, 1893.