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The Great Hall in Rochdale Town Hall is adorned with a large fresco of the signing of Magna Carta by artist Henry Holiday
Magna Carta Libertatum, commonly called Magna Carta (also Henry Holiday (17 June 1839 – 15 April 1927) was an English
Magna Charta; “Great Charter”), is a charter of rights agreed historical genre and landscape painter, stained-glass designer,
to by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on illustrator and sculptor. He is considered to be a member of
15 June 1215. the Pre-Raphaelite school of art.
PHOTO: MALCOLM JOURNEAUX MODEL: MARY DAVIDSON
