The Clemency of Coeur-de-Lion (after John Cross)
Henry Chawnes Shenton (Winchester 1803 - Camden Town 1866)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1857
Materials
paper
Measurements
560 x 770 mm; 480 mm (Height); 560 mm (Width); 590 mm (Height); 760 mm (Width)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 286692.2
Summary
Engraving, The Clemency of Coeur-de-Lion (after John Cross) by Henry Chawnes Shenton (Winchester 1803 - Camden Town 1866). One of 2 copies of an engraving by Henry Shenton after John Cross, published by the Art Union of London, 1857. Entitled 'The Clemency of Coeur-de-Lion'.Richard I lying in a curtained bed, dying of an arrow wound inflicted by Bertrand de Gourdon during Richard's seige of Limoges, facing Bertrand and ordering the guards to set him free, impressed with the young man's defiance, for he justified killing the king because the king had killed his father and two brothers . Slightly foxed. CAL/D/949b is another copy with the title written in lower-case letters instead of capitals.
Marks and inscriptions
The Clemency of Coeur-de-Lion
Makers and roles
Henry Chawnes Shenton (Winchester 1803 - Camden Town 1866), engraver (printmaker) after John Cross (Tiverton 1819 - London 1861), artist Art Union of London., engraver and publisher