Editing Boudica (section)

=== Depiction during the 18th and 19th centuries ===
[[File:Boudica statue, Westminster (8433726848).jpg|alt=Boudica's statue in London|thumb|upright=1.4|The statue ''[[Boadicea and Her Daughters]]'' by [[Thomas Thornycroft]], near [[Westminster Millennium Pier|Westminster Pier]], London]]
During the late 18th century, Boudica was used to develop ideas of English nationhood.<ref name="Hingley Unwin 2006 p. 146–152">{{harvnb |Hingley |Unwin |2006 |pp=[https://archive.org/details/boudicaironagewa0000hing/page/146/mode/2up 146–152]}}</ref> Illustrations of Boudica during this period—such as in Edward Barnard's ''New, Complete and Authentic History of England'' (1790) and the drawing by [[Thomas Stothard]] of the queen as a classical heroine—lacked historical accuracy. The illustration of Boudica by [[Havell family#Robert Havell Sr.|Robert Havell]] in [[Charles Hamilton Smith]]'s ''The Costume of the Original Inhabitants of the British Islands from the Earliest Periods to the Sixth Century'' (1815) was an early attempt to depict her in an historically accurate way.{{sfn |Hingley |Unwin |2006 |p=[https://archive.org/details/boudicaironagewa0000hing/page/152/mode/2up 153]}}

Cowper's 1782 poem ''Boadicea: An Ode'' was the most notable literary work to champion the resistance of the Britons, and helped to project British ideas of imperial expansion. It caused Boudica to become a British [[cultural icon]] and be perceived as a national heroine.<ref name="Hingley Unwin 2006 p. 146–152"/> [[Alfred, Lord Tennyson]]'s poem {{Not a typo|''Boädicéa''}} (written in 1859, and published in 1864) drew on Cowper's poem. Depicting the Iceni queen as a violent and bloodthirsty warrior, the poem also forecasted the rise of British imperialism. Tennyson's image of Boudica was taken from the [[engraving]] produced in 1812 by Stothard.{{sfn |Hingley |Unwin |2006 |p=[https://archive.org/details/boudicaironagewa0000hing/page/154/mode/2up 154]}} Another work, the poem "Boadicea" (1859) by Francis Barker, contained strongly patriotic and Christian themes.{{sfn |Hingley |Unwin |2006 |p=[https://archive.org/details/boudicaironagewa0000hing/page/158/mode/2up 158]}}

A range of [[Victorian era|Victorian]] children's books mentioned Boudica; ''Beric the Briton'' (1893), a novel by [[G. A. Henty]], with illustrations by William Parkinson, had a text based on the accounts of Tacitus and Dio.{{sfn |Hingley |Unwin |2006 |pp=[https://archive.org/details/boudicaironagewa0000hing/page/158/mode/2up 159–160]}}

''[[Boadicea and Her Daughters]]'', a statue of the queen in her [[war chariot]], complete with [[Anachronism|anachronistic]] [[Scythed chariot|scythes]] on the wheel axles, was executed by the sculptor [[Thomas Thornycroft]]. He was encouraged by [[Prince Albert, Prince Consort|Prince Albert]], who lent his horses for use as models.<ref name="Mac">{{cite book |last1=Macdonald |first1=Sharon |title=Images of Women in Peace & War: cross-cultural & historical perspectives |date=1987 |publisher=[[Macmillan Press]] |location=London |isbn=0-299-11764-2 |url=https://archive.org/details/imagesofwomeninp00macd/page/53}}</ref> The statue, Thornycroft's most ambitious work, was produced  between 1856 and 1871, cast in 1896, and positioned on the [[Victoria Embankment]] next to [[Westminster Bridge]] in 1902.{{sfn |Hingley |Unwin |2006 |pp=[https://archive.org/details/boudicaironagewa0000hing/page/162/mode/2up 162–165]}}

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File:Portraits and Dresses of the Most Remarkable Personages in England Prior to the Norman Conquest Plate 1.jpg|alt=18th century depiction of Boudica|''The History of England'' (1791), illustration by Francis West
File:Boudicca-or-Boadicea.jpg|alt=Early 19th century engraving|An engraving by [[William Sharp (engraver)|William Sharp]] after Thomas Stothard (1812)
File:Caricature of Queen Caroline as Boudica.jpg|alt=Caricature of Queen Caroline as Boudica|A caricature of [[Caroline of Brunswick|Queen Caroline]] (1820)
File:Charles Hamilton Smith - Boudica.png|alt=19th century illustration of Boudica and other Britons|Robert Havell, ''The Costume of the Original Inhabitants of the British Islands'' (1821)
File:Frontispiece-Boudica.jpg|alt=Engraving of Bodica's rebellion|[[John Cassell]]'s ''Illustrated History of England'' (1857)
File:Boadicea Shows the marks of the Roman Rods.jpg|alt=1893 illustration of Boudica|[[G.A. Henty]], ''Beric, the Briton'' (1893)
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