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Object Type
Museum number: J,22.12
Title: Object: Richard 1st,, King of England; Series: Selections of the Ancient Costume of Great Britain & Ireland
Description: View of a king on horseback, wearing a helmet resembling a crown and chain mail, holding up a sword in his right hand, with a shield in front of him; smoke of a battle in background, with soldiers on horseback, one carrying a banner; shield, helmet, halberd and plants below image, lettered with date '1189' below; after Charles Hamilton Smith. 1811 Etching and aquatint with hand-colouring
Producer name: Print made by: John Augustus Atkinson (etching); Print made by: J Mérigot (aquatint); After: Lieut-Col Charles Hamilton Smith; Published by: Colnaghi
School/style
Production date: 1811
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: etching; aquatint; hand-coloured
Dimensions: Height: 325 millimetres; Width: 255 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: For a comment on this series, see J,22.1.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: british costume; king/queen
Associated names: Representation of: Richard I, King of England, the Lionheart; Associated with: William Bulmer (letterpress printers named on title page of series)
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1816-1833
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: J,22.12
Additional IDs: Other BM number: 1972,U.478.10

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