ENGLISH SOLDIER 1140.
pen and ink, drawing
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NAM.2003-08-1-1
Description
ENGLISH SOLDIER 1140. Pen and ink drawing with corrections in white paint by Richard Tennant Cooper, 1940 (c). Depicts a full length portrait of a soldier facing to the right, wearing a helmet, chainmail, a tunic with cross detail, and a sword at his belt, he carries a spear in his right hand and a shield in his left. Drawing on card, attached to the front of which is a sheet of covering paper inscribed lower right, 'Chap: III half- / page.', this suggests that it was intended as a book illustration. Inscribed very faintly in pencil as title underneath the drawing.
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