Heraldry as art : an account of its development and practice, chiefly in England (1907)
Eve, George W., d. 1914 · London : B.T. Batsford ; New York : C. Scribner's sons · leaf 211
Fig. 179.—Armorial Fireback. English. Sixteenth Century. and finer in pose and modelling than are the supportersit would be difficult to find, while the proportion andspacing of the whole composition leave nothing to bedesired. Fig. 180 is another well-designed Tudor example,the arms being those of… … i8g HERALDRY AS ART It must be remembered, in designing firebacks, thatthe work is to be carried out by casting and shouldtherefore be of suitable character. Casting is necessarybecause every time that wrought iron becomes red-hot and cools again it scales, and so loses a considerablethickness of…
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