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Drawings Medieval helmet in the Tower Armoury

Object number

LDSAL2020.2.55

Artist/Designer/Maker

Martin, L C - Engraver

Production date

1852

Material

paper
ink
printer's ink

Technique

Drawing
Engraving
Woodcut

Dimensions

Height: 142mm
Width: 214mm

Associated place

Tower of London
Tower Hamlets
Greater London
London
Donnington Castle
Donnington
Newbury
West Berkshire
Berkshire
England
United Kingdom
Europe

Inscriptions

Inscription content

Beaked helmet, in the Tower Armoury, said to have been worn by Sir Richard de Abberbury, t. Richard II.
(Height, 18½ in. Weight, 13 lb. 14 oz.)

Inscription content

MARTIN

Inscription content

Arch. Inst. IX. 90

References

Reference (free text)

'Proceedings at the Meetings of the Archaeological Institute', Archaeological Journal 9 (1852): 93-5. Illustration (Engraving), opp. p. 93.
    The item is a plate from Archaeological Journal (see Bibliography).