“As His Own Champion” (Click image for detail)
Printed on A2 £60
sized 180gsm
satin board (420x594mm) (16.5x23.4in)
King Richard's cavalry charge at Bosworth, 1485. Painted in a contemporary 15c manuscript
style.
“if I may say the truth to his credit, though small in body and feeble of limb, he
bore himself like a gallant knight and acted with distinction as his own champion
until his last breath” - John Rous
"King Richard alone was killed fyghting manfully in the thickest presse of his enemys"
- Polydore Vergil