2-913-739 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Doncaster Race Plate, 1854 - Queen Philippa before the Battle of Neville's Cross, 1854. Horse racing trophy '...executed at the establishment of Messrs. Garrard, Haymarket...The horses...are after models by the well-known artist, Mr. Cotterill; the figures and the accessories are by Mr. Spencer...Queen Philippa...is habited in the quaint costume of the fourteenth century...riding through the ranks of the English army immediately before the commencement of the battle of Neville's-cross, in the county of Durham, on October the 17th, in the year 1347...The English Queen proved herself a worthy partner of her chivalrous husband, and, by her gallant demeanour, aroused the valour of her subjects to the highest pitch...A figure in complete armour, hauberk of chain mail, with plated scales and vizored helmet, carries the Royal Standard of England...'. From "Illustrated London News", 1854.