[Concession of arms from Christopher Barker, Garter, to Thomas Bell, of Gloucester] [art original].

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Title: [Concession of arms from Christopher Barker, Garter, to Thomas Bell, of Gloucester] [art original].
Creator: Tovey, J., active 1793-1801, artist
Published / Created: [approximately 1793]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Drawing of a sixteenth-century document, with a decorative design and coat of arms on top and sides and armorial seals below. The decorative initial "T" contains a figure with a crown. The text itself is written in brown ink and is signed "C.B. alias Gartier" in the lower right
Description: Title devised by cataloger.
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.
Tipped in at page 170.1 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 : sheet 34.9 x 50 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Quarto 142 793D
Collection Title: Volume 1, page 170.1. 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 wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Kings
Helmets
Coats of arms
Seals (Insignia)
Subjects: Kings
Helmets
Coats of arms
Seals (Insignia)
British > 18th century
Dallaway, James, 1763-1834 > Ownership
Fleming, Lindsay > Ownership

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Citation: J. Tovey, Concession of Arms from Christopher Barker, Garter, to Thomas Bell, of Gloucester. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.