Sir Frank Dicksee
British, 1853 - 1928
Funeral of a Viking
Date: 1893
The viking's body was laid on a pyre in his longship, covered in treasure and decorated with flowers and thorns, the emblems of sleep. His ship was set aflame and pushed out to sea where it shone brightly, before sinking into darkness.
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