A King and his Mace-Bearer, AD1310

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

This accurate depiction of an early suit of armour by Samuel Rush Meyrick was engraved as an illustration to ‘A Critical Inquiry into Antient [sic] Armour as it existed in Europe, but particularly in England, from the Norman conquest to the reign of King Charles II’, published in 1824.

W. Maddocks was a stipple engraver of small bookplates including portraits after his contemporaries. He produced a plate for the reduced-sized version of Thornton’s Temple of Flora, published in 1812. He may be the William Maddocks of the Callica-printing firm of Barr and Maddocks, of Cheapside, London, which was declared bankrupt in 1789.

Places

Subjects

armour, helmet, King, Knight, shield, mace, sword

Materials & Techniques

engraving, coloured engraving

Artist

Samuel Rush Meyrick (1783 - 1848)
W Maddocks

Title

A King and his Mace-Bearer, AD1310

Date

Medium

Coloured engraving

Acquisition

Origin uncertain

GAC number

15779