Yale Center for British Art

Title:
The Eglinton tournament.
Published / Created:
London : Colnachi & Puckle, 1843.
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Holdings:
Reference Library
V 2155

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
The plates are lithographed and hand-colored.

Includes publisher's dedication to the Earl of Eglinton.

"This series of views, representing the tournament held at Eglinton Castle in the year 1839, from drawings made on the spot expressly for this work, by James Henry Nixon, with historical and descriptive notices, by the Reverend John Richardson ..."--Dedication leaf.

v. 1 consists mainly of plates, v. 2 consists mainly of text describing the plates.

Photocopy.
Subject Terms:
Eglinton, Archibald William Montgomerie, Earl of, 1812–1861. | Tournaments, Medieval. | Tournaments, Medieval -- England. | Chivalry -- Pictorial works. | Lithography -- 19th century.
Form/Genre:
Lithographs.
Contributors:
Nixon, James Henry, approximately 1808– | Richardson, John.