Charles VII King of France, and Joan of Arc, the Maid of Orleans, 1420. They wear suits of plate armour with tuiles or toiles hanging over the thighs. Joan of Arc wears a man's armour, She carries a sword, lance and helmet. Handcoloured lithograph by Maddocks after an illustration by Meyrick from Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick's A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour, John Dowding, London, 1842.

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