Caption

15th-century armor with sword and axe from the army of Charles VII of France, from the collection of the Musée d'Artillerie in Paris, photomechanical print, This print is part of a cover with 36 prints, a title page and a list of images., check stamp: 'PHOTOGLYPTIE, LEMERCIER ET Cie, PARIS', Paris, cliché maker: Lemercier & Cie., c. 1877 - in or before 1882, Lemercier & Cie., photographer, cliché maker, paper, Woodburytype, Woodburytypie, height 272 mm x width 128 mm, armor, hacking and thrusting weapons, A full suit of polished metal armor stands upright on a rectangular display base against a plain background, the armor including a closed helmet with horizontal visor slits and a large feather plume on top, articulated shoulder plates, gauntleted hands, a breastplate with decorative straps, a chain skirt beneath the waistplate, articulated tassets and greaves, and pointed sabatons; one hand holds a hammer-like weapon while the other rests near a sword suspended at the hip and a curved shield with patterned cutouts is positioned beside the torso.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A78_215

License type

Rights managed

Available size

51.6Mb (11.4Mb) / 10.6in x 18.9in / 3182 x 5664 (300dpi)

Keywords

15th-century armor sword axe army Charles VII France collection Musée d'Artillerie Paris photomechanical print print part cover 36 prints title page list images check stamp Photoglyptie LEMERCIER ET Cie cliché maker Lemercier & Cie c 1877 - 1882 photographer paper Woodburytype Woodburytypie height 272 mm x width 128 mm armor hacking thrusting weapons full suit polished metal armor stands upright rectangular display base plain background closed helmet horizontal visor slits large feather plume top articulated shoulder plates gauntleted hands breastplate decorative straps chain skirt beneath waistplate articulated tassets greaves pointed sabatons hand holds hammer- weapon rests near sword suspended hip curved shield patterned cutouts positioned beside torso