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- Creator:
- Tovey, J., active 1793-1801, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1793]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 142 793D
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 64.2. Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in England.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- At a tournament with stands of spectators on two sides, and the royal stands with King Henry VI in the center flanked by his court on either side, in Smithfield, London; two knights battle on foot
- Alternative Title:
- Combat in Smithfield betwixt John de Astley and Sir Philip Boyle, 30 Jan. an. 1441
- Description:
- Title written in ink within banner at top of image., Artist identified as Tovey in the Sotheby's catalogue description of the volume in which this drawing is bound., Copied from a print by Wenceslaus Hollar; cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.4121., Date based on publication date of the work in which this drawing is bound., and Mounted on page 64.2 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.
- Subject (Topic):
- Fighting and Knights
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The combate in Smithfield betwixt Iohn de Astley and Sr. Philip Boyle, 30 Ian. an. 1441 [art original].
