Title
Rufus Stone New Forest Hampshire No1. / JT Allen.
Creator
Allen, J. T., active 1803, artist.
Publication details
1803.
Physical details
1 drawing : pen and black ink with watercolour over pencil ; sheet 24 x 33 cm
Description
Drawing of the Rufus Stone in the New Forest; trees throughout the scene. Inscribed with title in black ink along upper edge. Signed and dated in black ink in the lower left-hand corner. The stone bears the inscription: 'Here stood the oak tree on which the Arrow shot by Walter Tyrrell at a Stag glanc'd and struck King William the 2nd surnamed Rufus on the breast of which he instantly died on the second day of August Anno Do. this spot was visited . . . King George III the Third on 27 June Anno MDCCLXXXIX'.
Place
Dunstable (England)
Other persons
William I, King of England, 1027 or 1028-1087.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.14.84.b.