Caption

16th-century armor with sword from the army of Francis I 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 278 mm x width 131 mm, hacking and thrusting weapons: sword, armour, A full-length photograph of a suit of armor standing on a stepped base, the armor including a closed helmet topped with large plumes, a breastplate with articulated shoulder defenses, segmented fauld and tassets resembling a skirt, articulated arm and leg plates, gauntleted hands holding a long sword with its scabbard hanging at the side, metal sabatons on the feet with a spur visible on one heel, and the entire figure presented against a plain backdrop with a narrow framed border around the image.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A78_218

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53.0Mb (11.2Mb) / 10.4in x 19.8in / 3124 x 5929 (300dpi)

Keywords

16th-century armor sword army Francis I 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 278 mm x width 131 mm hacking thrusting weapons armour full-length photograph suit armor standing stepped base armor closed helmet topped large plumes breastplate articulated shoulder defenses segmented fauld tassets resembling skirt articulated arm leg plates gauntleted hands holding long sword scabbard hanging side metal sabatons feet spur visible heel entire figure presented plain backdrop narrow framed border image