Details from Battle of Agincourt painting by Graham Turner (page 2)

THE BATTLE OF AGINCOURT - 25th October 1415

Below are more large detail images taken from Graham Turner's new large oil painting of the Battle of Agincourt, along with some text describing what is shown.

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The wealthier knights in Henry's army would have possessed the latest armour, sometimes decorated with gilded decorative bands and adorned with religious mottos; (below) IHS Nazareth (Jesus of Nazareth) is inscribed below the decorative jewelled orle on the bascinet. The IHS letters also appear on the sword scabbard of his comrade in the centre of the composition (right), who although obviously a man of means, wears the cross of St George on his surcoat, rather than his own heraldry.

Henry V issued instructions that everyone in his army should wear the red cross of St George front and back; the Controller of the King's Household, Sir Robert Babthorp, wears his cross stitched onto his heraldic surcoat (see image on previous page), while the unidentified man at arms fending off the Frenchman who has got rather close to the king, has painted the crosses directly onto his besagews (protective plates to protect the armpit) (below). He is probably one of Henry's knights or squires of the body, men who formed his personal bodyguard.

Henry V is recorded as having several banners: his personal standard, the Royal arms - proclaiming his claims to both the English and French crowns - the arms of St Edmund and Edward the Confessor, the Trinity, and St George.

This was borne by Thomas Strickland Esquire (right), who petitioned the king in 1424:

'To the king our sovereign lord and to the most gracious lords of the council, petitions most humbly a poor esquire Thomas Strickland, formerly bearer of the banner of St George of the most noble Henry the fifth, whom God absolve. May it please your good grace to consider the long service which the said suppliant has done for the late king overseas, right from his arrival at Harfleur, at the battle of Agincourt, and subsequently until the time that the city of Rouen was taken, and that the said suppliant has received no reward for his labour....'

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Agincourt print

Graham Turner's painting of the Battle of Agincourt is available as a high quality print - CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS

A special canvas edition is also be available, in two alternative sizes, with each reproduction individually printed on very high quality canvas and stretched on wooden stretcher bars by the artist himself, ensuring a picture as close to the original as possible.