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.