Magna Carta, English charter originally issued in 1215 Size:XS: 40 x 30cm View of the church and

View of the church and surrounding buildings taken from the river Thames

Riverbank view of Wandsworth

Plate 16 from the paper 'Additions to an account of the anatomy of the Squalus maximus

'There dwelt the red-haired ocean-nymphs'

Original is oil on copper 9

Magna Carta, English charter originally issued in 1215 Size:XS: 40 x 30cm View of the church andMagna Carta, English charter originally issued in 1215. Magna Carta, also called Magna Carta Libertatum, limited the rights of the monarch and is regarded as being the first step in establishing the rule of constitutional law that applies today. King John was compelled to sign it at Runnymede in the face of a baronial revolt.