'The Battle of Bothwell Bridge', 1679 (19th century) mb-code 1998_2 The woman holds a third

The woman holds a third goose to her nose with an expression of suspicious anger

Plate 345 from chapter 135 of Gleanings of natural history

built in 1889 by Dr Gottleib Wilhelm Leitner

In the foreground a horse pulls a barge

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'The Battle of Bothwell Bridge', 1679 (19th century) mb-code 1998_2 The woman holds a third'The Battle of Bothwell Bridge', 1679 (19th century). The Battle of Bothwell Bridge was fought on 22 June 1679 in Lanarkshire between an army of Covenanters and a government army commanded by James, Duke of Monmouth, the illegitimate son of Charles II. Badly prepared and ill led, the rebel forces were defeated with ease.