Knight Drawings

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Graham Turner's large scale medieval battlescenes are well known for their realism and attention to detail. Very little armour survives, so the appearance of the armour worn during the Hundred Years War and Wars of the Roses must be gleaned from other sources, such as the memorial effigies and brasses that can be found in churches all over the country. Graham Turner's pencil drawings bring these effigies to life in incredible detail, and show what a knight or man at arms from this period would have looked like. Each is unique, and those that are currently available are detailed below.

A range of Graham Turner's drawings are available as prints, priced at £15 each - CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS

English armour c.1482 - pencil drawing by Graham Turner

English Knight c.1482 - Original Drawing by Graham Turner Ref: GT-KD8

A very distinctive English armour based primarily on the tomb effigy of Sir John Savile, at Thornhill in Yorkshire. Sir John died in 1482 and his armour shows many of the characteristics of other English armours of the period, but with subtle differences in details such as the fluting and cusping, especially on the pauldrons (shoulders). He wears a Yorkist livery collar of suns and roses, showing his allegiance and standing with the Yorkist King Edward IV.

Pencil Drawing by Graham Turner - drawn on an A3 sheet of paper (30cm x 42cm), image size approximately 10.5"x 14" (27cm x 36cm)

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Price: £270.00

Sir John Cornwall - drawing by Graham Turner

English Knight c.1415 - Original Drawing by Graham Turner Ref: GT-KD6

Sir John Cornwall (1364-1443) was one of the most respected knights of his period, and a leading figure in the Agincourt campaign. He is shown wearing armour of the late 14th/early 15th century, still retaining the bascinet with mail aventail, but with the later rounded visor.

Pencil Drawing by Graham Turner - drawn on an A3 sheet of paper (30cm x 42cm), image size approximately 5"x 14" (12cm x 35cm)

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Price: £250.00

Thomas Montagu, Earl of Salisbury c.1415 - Original Drawing by Graham Turner Ref: GT-KD7

English armour from the time of the battle of Agincourt, showing the latest style of great bascinet, with plate defences for the throat and neck rather than the mail aventail of the 14th century bascinet. While offering greater protection, the great bascinet restricted any movement of the head, and both styles would be seen on the battlefields of the early 15th century.

The armour is primarily based on the tomb effigy of Ralph Greene, at Lowick church, Northamptonshire (died 1417), and the very similar effigy of John de Vere, Earl of Oxford.

The surcoat displays the heraldry of Thomas Montagu, Earl of Salisbury.

Pencil Drawing by Graham Turner - drawn on an A3 sheet of paper, image size approximately 7"x 14" (18cm x 36cm)

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Price: £250.00

English armour c.1434 - Medieval Knight pencil drawing by Graham Turner

English Knight c.1434 - Original Drawing by Graham Turner Ref: GT-KD4

English knight c.1434, based on the tomb effigy of John Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel, in the Fitzalan Chapel, Arundel. It exhibits many characteristics of English armour from this period, such as the great bascinet helmet and deep fauld protecting the loins with small tassets suspended from the lowest lame. Armours of this syle would have seen action during the later stages of the 100 Years War.

Pencil Drawing by Graham Turner - drawn on an A3 sheet of paper, image size approximately 8"x 15" (20cm x 38cm)

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Price: £250.00

Pencil Drawing Prints

A selection of Graham Turner's pencil drawings are now available as prints, costing £15 each. Includes the drawing of Richard III at Bosworth, plus two of his studies of 15th century English armours. CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS

THE MEDIEVAL ART OF GRAHAM TURNER

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