English military costumes, reign of King Henry VI, 1447. Motley soldiers in armour, dagged surcoats, armed with battle-axe, gisarme and spear in front of campaign tents. Enemy soldiers in turbans with halberd and banner. From a manuscript life of St. Edmund, Harley MS 2278. Handcoloured copperplate engraving etched by John Augustus Atkinson, 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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