[Seals from 1170 to 1301] [art original].

Description

Title: [Seals from 1170 to 1301] [art original].
Creator: Tovey, J., active 1793-1801, artist
Published / Created: [ca. 1793]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Drawing of six seals, each numbered from "No. 1" to "No. 6".
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.
"Plate I"--Written above image.
Mounted on page 396.1 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 : image 23.3 x 19 cm, on sheet 24.5 x 20 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Quarto 142 793D
Collection Title: Volume 2, page 396.1. 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 laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Henry II, King of England, 1133-1189.
Henry III, King of England, 1207-1272.
Edward I, King of England, 1239-1307.
Subject (Topic): Seals (Insignia)
Subjects: Henry II, King of England, 1133-1189
Henry III, King of England, 1207-1272
Edward I, King of England, 1239-1307
Seals (Insignia)
British > 18th century
Dallaway, James, 1763-1834 > Ownership
Fleming, Lindsay > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: J. Tovey, Seals from 1170 to 1301. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.