David, Earl of Huntingdon, AD1120

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.

Richard Hicks Bridgens was an architect, designer, draughtsman and lithographer. He studied under sculptor and cabinet-maker George Bullock and lived with Bullock in Liverpool. He exhibited at the Liverpool Academy (1810-12) and Royal Academy (1813-26). He also authored ‘The Antiquities of Sefton Church’ (1822). He briefly lived in Birmingham and designed furniture for James Watt of Aston Hall. He published ‘West India Scenery’ in 1836 and his designs for ‘Furniture with Candelabra and Interior Decoration’ in 1838. By 1844 he had relocated to Trinidad, where he worked as Superintendent of Public Works. He is last recorded sending his designs for a monument to Sir Ralph Woodford for the Anglican Cathedral, Trinidad, to Sir Francis Chantrey.

Places

Subjects

horseback, male portrait, horse, 12th century costume, helmet, flag, Earl, spear, shield

Materials & Techniques

engraving, coloured engraving

Artist

Samuel Rush Meyrick (1783 - 1848)
Richard Hicks Bridgens

Title

David, Earl of Huntingdon, AD1120

Date

Medium

Coloured engraving

Acquisition

Origin uncertain

GAC number

15776