Caractacus. 1859 Size:M: 50 x 40cm showing part of Regent Street

showing part of Regent Street and Langham Place

a large slab of stone is lowered on a pulley viewed by a large audience

Men sit and stand beside a pool smoking and fishing

behind is an open fireplace down which falls a cat bricks

Caractacus. 1859 Size:M: 50 x 40cm showing part of Regent StreetCaractacus. 1859. King of the British tribe of Trinovantes, and the son of Cunobelinus. Caratacus' kingdom, embracing the Atrebates of Hampshire and probably the Dobunni of Gloucestershire, lay in the west. At the time of the Roman invasion of Britain during the reign of Claudius, he led the native resistance against Aulus Plautius (ad 43 47) and, after being defeated, withdrew into south Wales.