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Fig. 1021. Suit of armour for man and horse
Probably of French make, dated 1537. Probably made for Jacques Gourdon de Genouilhac, Grand Master of Artillery to Francis I
(a) The armour on a mounted figure, with the saddle and horse armour
(b) The armour on a dismounted figure
Formerly in the possession of the Duchesse d'Uzès. Now in the Riggs Collection, Metropolitan Museum, New York
continue to record these Henry VIII and Brandon suits; but it is now quite impossible to say whether they refer to this double Henry VIII suit we are now considering. Both these Henry VIII suits, as we will continue to call them, are from the same unknown hand; indeed, the exact resemblance to