King Canute trying to hold back the tide - stock illustration
Vintage engraving of King Canute trying to hold back the tide. The story of King Canute and the waves is an apocryphal anecdote illustrating the piety or humility of king Canute the Great, recorded in the 12th century by Henry of Huntingdon.

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