henephew of John of Eltham, Prince William, second son ofEdward III., who was bom a.d. 1336, and died in childhood, thehead has the long and flowing hair encircled by a jewelled fillet,\ represented in No. 278. The effigy of the Black Prince him-■ self, A.D. 1376, at Canterbury, exhibits on the… … No. 279 B. same number and much smaller size alternating with the larger/ ones. These leaves differ very slightly fiom those that arecarved upon the armour of John of Eltiiam, and they are inexact accordance with a favourite form of decorative foliage ingeneral use when the eflfigy was executed. In…
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