The Great Seal of King Richard the First, 1189 [art original].

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Title: The Great Seal of King Richard the First, 1189 [art original].
Creator: Tovey, J., active 1793-1801, artist
Published / Created: [ca. 1793]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Seal of Richard I showing the king riding a horse to the right, wearing chainmail armor and a helmet; he carries a sword in his right hand and holds in his left hand a shield on which a lion rampant is visible
Description: 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.
Extent: 1 drawing : circular image 9 cm, on sheet 14.1 x 16 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Quarto 142 793D
Collection Title: Volume 1, page 12.2. Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in England.
Collection / Other Creator: Dallaway, James, 1763-1834.
Collection Date: Gloucester : Printed by R. Raikes, for T. Cadell, London, 1793.

Genre: Ink drawings British 18th century
Material: pen and ink ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Richard I, King of England, 1157-1199.
Subject (Topic): Seals (Insignia)
Subjects: Richard I, King of England, 1157-1199
Seals (Insignia)
British > 18th century
Dallaway, James, 1763-1834 > Ownership
Fleming, Lindsay > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: J. Tovey, The Great Seal of King Richard the First, 1189. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.