[Seals] [art original].

Description

Title: [Seals] [art original].
Creator: Tovey, J., active 1793-1801, artist
Published / Created: [ca. 1793]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Drawing of two circular seals side-by-side, the leftmost seal showing an armorial shield with bear and griffin supporters, surmounted by two helmets. On the seal on the right a shield on its side flanked by a lion rampant and an eagle, with feathers on either side and a crowned lion at top; this seal also has Latin text around its edge
Description: Title devised by curator.
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 396.4 in volume 2 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 23.3 x 18 cm
Language: Latin

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Quarto 142 793D
Collection Title: Volume 2, page 396.4. 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 (Topic): Seals (Insignia)
Coats of arms
Subjects: Seals (Insignia)
Coats of arms
British > 18th century
Dallaway, James, 1763-1834 > Ownership
Fleming, Lindsay > Ownership

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Citation: J. Tovey, Seals. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.