STC449442 William stumbles as he lands, but, grasping the earth with his hand, calls out that he takes possession of the English soil, and so reassures his followers, who regarded his fall as an ill omen, from \'The Story of the Norman Conquest\', engraved by L. Gruner, 1866 (litho) by Maclise, Daniel (1806-70) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: William the Conqueror (c.1028-87) Duke of Normandy and William I, King of England from 1066 until his death;); The Stapleton Collection; English, out of copyright.