print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- Q,5.267
- Description
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Thirteen images of the Insignia of the Order of the Garter; three views of the Garter at top left, collar and Great George below, ribbon and George at lower centre, Knight Companion's mantle and plumed hat at lower right, surcoat and hood at top right, together with sovereign's mantle and close-up view of emblem of the Garter; illustration to Elias Ashmole's 'The Institution, Laws & Ceremonies of the most Noble Order of the Garter' (London: 1672, p.202); first state, before cords added to mantles. 1666
Etching
- Production date
- 1666
- Dimensions
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Height: 300 millimetres
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Width: 372 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See 2006,U.256 and 1871,1209.2273 for second state.
See New Hollstein 2156-2214 for fifty five plates and four additional plates from this publication.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The Institution, Laws & Ceremonies of the most Noble Order of the Garter
- Acquisition date
- 1753
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- Q,5.267