[Heraldic figures] [art original]
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Description
- Title
- [Heraldic figures] [art original]
- Alternative Title
- From Dugdale's History of Warwickshire
- Creator
- Tovey, J., active 1793-1801, artist
- Contributor
- Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677, artist.
- Published / Created
- [approximately 1793]
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
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A drawing in four compartments, two in a row and each labeled: In the upper left, the knight "William de la Zuche, 1280" is shown in profile to the left, kneeling and praying, a dagger hanging from his belt and with a scroll starting at his mouth with the words "Miserere Mei Deus". On the upper right "Alicia de Wolvey, 1326" is shown standing and facing the viewer, with shoulder-length hair, dressed in a long gown and holding up an armorial shield in each hand. In the lower left, "Maud Baroness Clifford, 1370" is shown kneeling and with hands in prayer holding a rosary, turned slightly left; she wears a bonnet and cape. In the lower right, the knight "Guy de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, 1312" faces the viewer, wearing armor and a helmet, his hands clasped in prayer
- Description
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Title devised by curator; alternative title written in ink below image.
Statement of responsibility written in ink on mounting sheet, below lower right corner of image.
Presumably copied from illustrations by Wenceslaus Hollar from: Dugdale, W. The antiquities of Warwickshire illustrated. London : Printed by Thomas VVarren, in the year of our Lord God, 1656.
Date based on publication date of the work in which this drawing is bound.
Mounted on page 182.1 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 : image 19.8 x 19 cm, on sheet 22.5 x 21 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Quarto 142 793D
- Collection Title
- Volume 1, page 182.1. 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.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
- Ink drawings British 18th century
- Material
- pen and ink ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Dugdale, William, 1605-1686.
- Subject (Topic)
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Prayer
Knights - Subjects
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Dugdale, William, 1605-1686
Prayer
Knights
British > 18th century
Dallaway, James, 1763-1834 > Ownership
Fleming, Lindsay > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- J. Tovey, Heraldic Figures. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 13681914
- Object ID (OID)
- 16702999
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