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The Great Seal of King Edward the First, 1272
Title
The Great Seal of King Edward the First, 1272 [art original].
Production
[England], [ca. 1793]
Physical Description
1 drawing : pen and ink ; circular image 9 cm, on sheet 13.3 x 16 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Notes
Title written in ink below image.
Artist identified as Tovey in the Sotheby's catalogue description of the volume in which this drawing is bound.
Date based on publication date of the work in which this drawing is bound.
Mounted on page 12.2 in volume 1 of James Dallaway's interleaved, extra-illustrated copy of his: Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in England. Gloucester : Printed by R. Raikes, for T. Cadell, London, 1793.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Lindsay Fleming, Aldwick Grange, Bognor Regis, Sussex. Sold at Sotheby's (Lindsay Fleming sale), lot 144, to Pickering & Chatto for W.S. Lewis, 23 March 1972.
Summary
Seal of Edward I showing the king riding a horse to the right, wearing armor and a flat helmet; he carries a sword in his right hand and holds a shield with three lions passant guardant in his right hand. The horse caparison is also decorated front and back with three lions passant guardant.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 26, 2018
References
J. Tovey, The Great Seal of King Edward the First, 1272. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Cite as
J. Tovey, The Great Seal of King Edward the First, 1272. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Ink drawings - British - 18th century.
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