Drawings Sword of State of the Earldom of Chester
Object number
LDSAL2020.2.64
Production date
1743
Material
Paper
Pen
Ink
Watercolour
Pen
Ink
Watercolour
Technique
Drawing
Painting (Image-Making)
Painting (Image-Making)
Dimensions
Height: 469mm
Width: 329mm
Width: 329mm
Inscriptions
Inscription content
The Handle of the Sword is brasse, the Coats of armes enamell'd on Copper.
drawn 1743.
drawn 1743.
Inscription content
This Sword handle and Blade 6 foot long
the blade near five foot long.
the blade near five foot long.
References
Reference (free text)
Vetusta Monumenta 5 (1835): pl. L.
George Ormerod, 'Observations on Several Ancient Swords of State Belonging to the Earldom of Chester'.