Beschreibung:

The Black Prince and the Burghers of Calais, a very large miniature on a cutting from an illuminated historical manuscript on vellum a cutting, 201mm. by 183mm., very large arch-topped miniature enclosing a ruler in rich blue robes and a blue hat surrounded by a woman and five men all kneeling and beseeching his mercy, his troops and advisors (one talking to another woman) emerging from five tents behind him, all before the gatehouse of a large and detailed fortified town, three armed men atop its walls, another similar town in background, remnants of borders in upper corners with acanthus leaves and bezants, laid down on card, and with signs that the lower left-hand corner may have been water-damaged and a number of the details of the figures touched up by a later artist, framed