Portrait of King Richard I of England, surnamed Lionheart or Coeur de lion. On horseback in crown, helm and chainmail armor, with battle ax and shield with coat of arms. Emblems indicate selling his dominion over Scotland, defeat of Saladin, imprisonment and death. Handcoloured steel engraving after an illustration by Mary Ann Rundall from A Symbolical History of England, from Early Times to the Reign of William IV, Truchy, Paris, 1839. Mary Ann Rundall was a teacher of young ladies in Bath, and published her book of mnemonic emblems in 1815.

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Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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