Richard 1st, King of England Duke of Normandy & Aquitain and Earl of Anjou surnamed Coeur de Lion..

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• ARTIST: Charles Hamilton Smith

• PUBLISHER: Published by Colnaghi, London.

• MEDIUM: Aquatint engraving with original hand color,

  DATE: 1814

• EDITION SIZE: Image size vignette 9 1/4 x 8 1/2" (240 x 220 mm).

• DESCRIPTION: Etched by J.A. Atkinson. From Charles Hamilton Smith's "Selections of the Ancient Costume of Great Britain and Ireland." The plates in this work were based entirely on costumes in Smith's own collections. His purpose was to show that accient costumes, when accurately portrayed, were impressive and beautiful in themselves. Smith's dramatic illustrations are the best proof of his argument.

• ADDITIONAL INFO:

• CONDITION: Good condition.

• REFERENCE: Frideaux, "Aquatint Engraving," 320-21. Tooley, "Eng. Books," 457.

• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Portraits , Political Figures