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1021 a, b. Suit of armour for man and horse, probably of French make,
dated 1537, by tradition made for Jacques Gourdon de Genouilhac,
Grand Master of artillery to Francis I, showing
(a) the armour as
worn when mounted, with saddle and horse armour, and
(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 229

1022. Locking gauntlet of the Genouilhac suit, showing the design of
the etching
231

1023. One part of the great suit of armour made for Henry VIII, probably
of French make, about 1540.
With the exception of the
saddle steels, the horse armour is associated. Removed from the
Tower of London to Windsor Castle in 1914 by command of H.M.
the King 232

1024. The other part of the great suit of armour, also illustrated in
fig. 1023, made for Henry VIII.
The poitrel and croupière are associated.
Tower of London 233

1025. A "falling" buffe, etched. Tower of London 234

1026. Brayette, belonging to the suit illustrated in figs. 1023 and 1024.
Removed from Windsor Castle to the Tower of London in 1914 by
command of H.M. the King 234

1027. A locking gauntlet, a bridle mitten gauntlet, a pair of cuisses, two
grand-guards, a pair of mitten gauntlets, a reinforcing elbow
plate, and the cantle plates of a saddle.
Removed from Windsor
Castle to the Tower of London in 1914 by command of H.M. the King 235

1028. Plates, probably from the croupière of the horse armour, Henry VIII
suit.
Removed from Windsor Castle to the Tower of London in 1914
by command of H.M. the King 236

1028A. Reinforcing plate of the breastplate of the Genouilhac suit showing
the designs of the etching
237

1029. The Emperor Maximilian at his armourer's. From the Weiss Kunig 240

1029A. Gothic pauldrons (a, b). The Rotunda, Woolwich 241

1030. Suit of armour, stated to have been made for Count Andreas von
Sonnenburg, about 1508, by Koloman Kolman of Augsburg.

Imperial Armoury, Vienna 242

1031. Suit of armour, probably Italian, but in the German fashion, first
quarter of the XVIth century.
Wallace Collection (Laking
Catalogue, No. 316) 242