Meeting of Edward IV and Louis XI at Picquigny

This illustration, published in **1864** in _A Chronicle of England_, depicts the meeting between **Edward IV of England** and **Louis XI** at **Picquigny**, at the moment when the treaty of **29 August 1475** was confirmed. The scene shows the two rulers engaged in a decisive negotiation, through which the French king secured the withdrawal of the English army without a pitched battle. Produced nearly four centuries after the event, the image is not a contemporary record but a historical reconstruction intended to illustrate English national history. It nonetheless highlights the diplomatic importance of **Picquigny**, which marks the end of England’s major ambitions in France and one of the most emblematic successes of **Louis XI’s** policy.