Le Prince Noir découvre le corps de Robert de Duras sur le champ de bataille de Poitiers

This illustration by Henry Justice Ford depicts the Black Prince finding the body of Robert de Duras on the field of Poitiers. The scene refers to the Battle of Poitiers of 1356, one of the major engagements of the Hundred Years’ War, which ended in a French defeat and the capture of King John II the Good. Through its dramatic treatment, the image emphasizes the violence of battle, chivalric heroism, and the tragic dimension of great medieval conflicts. Produced centuries after the event, it is not a contemporary witness but a historical reconstruction that belongs to the illustrated imagination of the Hundred Years’ War and its emblematic figures.