Edward of Woodstock, the Black Prince, Prince of Aquitain and Wales, Duke of Cornwall, Earl of Chester, 1330-1376. In skullcap with coronet, chainmail gorget, suit of plate armour and emblazoned surcoat, great helm with three plumes and armorial shield. From his copper effigy in Canterbury Cathedral. In the background, two soldiers and Rochester Castle. Handcoloured copperplate engraving aquatinted by John Hill after an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith from his own Selections of Ancient Costume of Great Britain and Ireland, Colnaghi and Co., London, 1814.

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