A warder or porter in front of a barbican gate with portcullis, 15th century. In cap, smock, hose and shoes, with keys and horn hanging from his belt, armed with huge club, a large mastiff dog with him. Blazon of Henry Bouchier, Earl of Essex. 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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