King Canute failing to hold back the waves Size:L: 80 x 80cm December 5

December 5

bent over a plate

One of the stars of the team Terry Dyson with Harry Secombe

The verbal twist of black and white in the caption is illustrated by the little black figures issuing out of the smoking fireplace

tubercula quadrigemina and nerves of the brain

King Canute failing to hold back the waves Size:L: 80 x 80cm December 5King Canute failing to hold back the waves, early 11th century (c1900). Canute (Sveinsson Knut) (d1035) was King of England from 1016, Denmark from 1018 and Norway from 1030. He is shown on the famous occasion when he demonstrated to flattering courtiers that God alone can command the tides. From Peeps into the Past, published c1900.