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11.
[Concession of arms from Christopher Barker, Garter, to Thomas Bell, of Gloucester] [art original].

Creator:
Tovey, J., active 1793-1801, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1793]
Call Number:
Quarto 142 793D
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 170.1. Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in England.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of a sixteenth-century document, with a decorative design and coat of arms on top and sides and armorial seals below. The decorative initial "T" contains a figure with a crown. The text itself is written in brown ink and is signed "C.B. alias Gartier" in the lower right
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., 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., and Tipped in at page 170.1 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):
Kings, Helmets, Coats of arms, and Seals (Insignia)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Concession of arms from Christopher Barker, Garter, to Thomas Bell, of Gloucester] [art original].

12.
[Heraldic figures] [art original]

Creator:
Tovey, J., active 1793-1801, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1793]
Call Number:
Quarto 142 793D
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 182.1. Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in England.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A drawing in four compartments, two in a row and each labeled: In the upper left, the knight "William de la Zuche, 1280" is shown in profile to the left, kneeling and praying, a dagger hanging from his belt and with a scroll starting at his mouth with the words "Miserere Mei Deus". On the upper right "Alicia de Wolvey, 1326" is shown standing and facing the viewer, with shoulder-length hair, dressed in a long gown and holding up an armorial shield in each hand. In the lower left, "Maud Baroness Clifford, 1370" is shown kneeling and with hands in prayer holding a rosary, turned slightly left; she wears a bonnet and cape. In the lower right, the knight "Guy de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, 1312" faces the viewer, wearing armor and a helmet, his hands clasped in prayer
Alternative Title:
From Dugdale's History of Warwickshire
Description:
Title devised by curator; alternative title written in ink below image., Statement of responsibility written in ink on mounting sheet, below lower right corner of image., Presumably copied from illustrations by Wenceslaus Hollar from: Dugdale, W. The antiquities of Warwickshire illustrated. London : Printed by Thomas VVarren, in the year of our Lord God, 1656., Date based on publication date of the work in which this drawing is bound., and Mounted on page 182.1 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 (Name):
Dugdale, William, 1605-1686.
Subject (Topic):
Prayer and Knights
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Heraldic figures] [art original]

13.
[Seals from 1170 to 1301] [art original].

Creator:
Tovey, J., active 1793-1801, artist
Published / Created:
[ca. 1793]
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.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
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., and 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.
Subject (Name):
Henry II, King of England, 1133-1189., Henry III, King of England, 1207-1272., and Edward I, King of England, 1239-1307.
Subject (Topic):
Seals (Insignia)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Seals from 1170 to 1301] [art original].

14.
[Seals from 1226 to 1367] [art original].

Creator:
Tovey, J., active 1793-1801, artist
Published / Created:
[ca. 1793]
Call Number:
Quarto 142 793D
Collection Title:
Volume 2, page 396.3. Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in England.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of eight seals, each numbered from "No. 15" to "No. 22".
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., and Mounted on page 396.3 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.
Subject (Name):
Edward III, King of England, 1312-1377., Henry III, King of England, 1207-1272., and Edward I, King of England, 1239-1307.
Subject (Topic):
Seals (Insignia)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Seals from 1226 to 1367] [art original].

15.
[Seals from 1243 to 1309] [art original].

Creator:
Tovey, J., active 1793-1801, artist
Published / Created:
[ca. 1793]
Call Number:
Quarto 142 793D
Collection Title:
Volume 2, page 396.2. Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in England.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of eight seals, each numbered from "No. 7" to "No. 14".
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., and Mounted on page 396.2 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.
Subject (Name):
Edward II, King of England, 1284-1327., Henry III, King of England, 1207-1272., and Edward I, King of England, 1239-1307.
Subject (Topic):
Seals (Insignia)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Seals from 1243 to 1309] [art original].

16.
[Seals from 1287 to 1526] [art original].

Creator:
Tovey, J., active 1793-1801, artist
Published / Created:
[ca. 1793]
Call Number:
Quarto 142 793D
Collection Title:
Volume 2, page 398.1. Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in England.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of sixteen seals, in four rows of four, each identifiying text below
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., and Mounted on page 398.1 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.
Subject (Name):
Edward III, King of England, 1312-1377., Henry VI, King of England, 1421-1471., Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547., and Edward I, King of England, 1239-1307.
Subject (Topic):
Seals (Insignia)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Seals from 1287 to 1526] [art original].

17.
[Seals] [art original].

Creator:
Tovey, J., active 1793-1801, artist
Published / Created:
[ca. 1793]
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.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
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., and 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.
Subject (Topic):
Seals (Insignia) and Coats of arms
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Seals] [art original].

18.
[Seals] [art original].

Creator:
Tovey, J., active 1793-1801, artist
Published / Created:
[ca. 1793]
Call Number:
Quarto 142 793D
Collection Title:
Volume 2, page 398.3. Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in England.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of two seals, one above the other. The top seal shows Henry VIII on a throne holding the globus cruciger in his left hand and a dagger in his right hand; he is flanked by two armorial shields surmounted by crowns, and Latin text runs along the circular border of the seal. The bottom a seal of the Archbishop of York with Saint Peter holding a key and Saint Paul with a sword under the arches of a building and with Cardinal Thomas Wosley's coat of arms (in reverse) below identified by text in Latin encircling the border
Alternative Title:
Ego et rex meus
Description:
Title devised by curator; alternative title written in ink., 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., and Mounted on page 398.3 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.
Subject (Name):
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547.
Subject (Topic):
Seals (Insignia), Coats of arms, Kings, and Clergy
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Seals] [art original].

19.
[Shields] [art original].

Creator:
Tovey, J., active 1793-1801, artist
Published / Created:
[ca. 1793]
Call Number:
Quarto 142 793D
Collection Title:
Volume 2, page 404.1. Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in England.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of twenty armorial shields arranged in four rows, decorated images of animals including lions rampant or passant, a griffin rampant, a fish, a greyhound, or an eagle; other decorative elements include a helmet, three chalices, a fleur-de-lis, a Tudor rose, and a carbuncle
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., and Mounted on page 404.1 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.
Subject (Topic):
Escutcheons (Heraldry)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Shields] [art original].

20.
Ralph Bigland, Garter K.A from a portrait in the possession of G. Bigland Esq. of Bigland, Co

Published / Created:
[1800]
Call Number:
Quarto 142 793D
Collection Title:
Volume 2, opposite page lx. Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of the English antiquarian Ralph Bigland, three quarter length, directed to right, looking over his shoulder to left; wearing official robes decorated in armorial emblems, a short wig, and the chain of office; his right hand gloved and grasping the hilt of his sword, his left hand resting upon papers with a coat of arms visible on the uppermost sheet
Description:
Title and date from contemporary note in brown ink on verso., Unsigned; artist not identified., Probably drawn after a painting by Richard Brompton; cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.5322., and Mounted opposite page lx of 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.
Subject (Name):
Bigland, Ralph, 1711-1784,
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Ralph Bigland, Garter K.A from a portrait in the possession of G. Bigland Esq. of Bigland, Co. Lancaster, 1800. [art original]