Two Suits of Armour in the Collection of Llewelyn Meyrick Esq., AD1550

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.

Places

Subjects

horseback, horse, armour, helmet, mace, pistol

Materials & Techniques

engraving, coloured engraving

Artist

Samuel Rush Meyrick (1783 - 1848)

Title

Two Suits of Armour in the Collection of Llewelyn Meyrick Esq., AD1550

Date

Medium

Coloured engraving

Acquisition

Origin uncertain

GAC number

15777