File:1966 Ordnance Survey - Sutton Hoo helmet.jpg

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1966 artistic reconstruction of the Sutton Hoo helmet

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English: Cover illustration of the Ordnance Survey's 1966 second edition of Map of Britain in the Dark Ages, showing an artistic reconstruction of the Sutton Hoo helmet.

From the book:

"COVER DESIGN: The main feature of the cover design is the Vendel-style helmet found in the royal ship-burial at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, in 1939, and now in the British Museum. This reconstruction has been carried out by the Archaeology Division of the Ordnance Survey in consultation with the Department of British and Medieval Antiquities, British Museum. Modifications in shape and detail occur in this, the first attempted reconstruction in colour, as compared with the helmet as hitherto published or as at present seen in the British Museum. These modifications include the size of the crown, the angle at which the visor is set, and the size of the eye openings; rearrangement of the figure and interlace panels on the crown; and the transposition of the dragon heads, of different design, which terminate the crest. While every effort has been made to achieve accuracy, this drawing is not to be regarded as definitive; and in particular it is possible that the panels of interlace on the visor were originally tinned, and not gilded as shown in this reconstruction."
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Source Cover of Map of Britain in the Dark Ages, 2nd ed. (1966)
Author Arthur Thomas Chester of the Archaeology Division of the Ordnance Survey in consultation with the British Museum's Department of British and Medieval Antiquities, Reference: (1991) Map Cover Art: A pictorial history of Ordnance Survey cover illustrations, Ordnance Survey, p. 54 ISBN: 978-0319--00234-6.
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This work is an Ordnance Survey map over 50 years old, which is covered by Crown Copyright which in this case expires 50 years after publication. Ordnance Survey does however ask that they be credited and that the date of publication be given. Any ancillary rights gained through the creation of the electronic version are granted as freely usable under any circumstances.
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This work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain.

This is because it is one of the following:

  1. It is a photograph taken prior to 1 June 1957; or
  2. It was published prior to 1974; or
  3. It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. a painting) which was created prior to 1974.

HMSO has declared that the expiry of Crown Copyrights applies worldwide (ref: HMSO Email Reply)
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