Seals of ecclesiastics bearing arms [art original].

Description

Title: Seals of ecclesiastics bearing arms [art original].
Creator: Tovey, J., active 1793, artist
Published / Created: [ca. 1793]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Drawing of six seals bearing images of clergy and armorial shields. The name of the English king who used each seal and the date it was used are written below each seal; depicted are seals used by Edward III, Edward IV, and Richard II.
Description: Title written in ink at top of 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 398.2 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 23.6 x 18.3 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Quarto 142 793D
Collection Title: Volume 2, page 398.2. 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): Edward III, King of England, 1312-1377.
Edward IV, King of England, 1442-1483.
Richard II, King of England, 1367-1400.
Subject (Topic): Seals (Insignia)
Coats of arms
Clergy
Subjects: Edward III, King of England, 1312-1377
Edward IV, King of England, 1442-1483
Richard II, King of England, 1367-1400
Seals (Insignia)
Coats of arms
Clergy
British > 18th century
Dallaway, James, 1763-1834 > Ownership
Fleming, Lindsay > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: J. Tovey, Seals from 1287 to 1526. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.