GUY FRANCIS LAKING (1875-1919)
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Guy Francis Laking (1875-1919)
A painting of the mounted German Gothic Armour in the Wallace Collection (No. A21), signed G.F. Laking (lower right), in gilt frame, circa 1905
pencil,grey and brown wash heightened with white
18in. (45.8cm.) x 13 13/16in. (35.1cm.)
Laking, best known as an authority on the history of arms and armour, trained as an artist after he left school
A painting of the mounted German Gothic Armour in the Wallace Collection (No. A21), signed G.F. Laking (lower right), in gilt frame, circa 1905
pencil,grey and brown wash heightened with white
18in. (45.8cm.) x 13 13/16in. (35.1cm.)
Laking, best known as an authority on the history of arms and armour, trained as an artist after he left school