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Knight of the Order of the Bath

Knight of the Order of the Bath, a British order of chivalry founded by George I in 1725. The title comes from the medieval ritual of bathing a knight (as a symbol of purification) before induction into the order.. . Handcolored copperplate engraving of a knight from a religious military order from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages" (1796).
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Knight of the Order of the Bath
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Knight of the Order of the Bath, a British order of chivalry founded by George I in 1725. The title comes from the medieval ritual of bathing a knight (as a symbol of purification) before induction into the order.. . Handcolored copperplate engraving of a knight from a religious military order from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages" (1796).
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Album / Florilegius
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3173 x 5120 px | 46.5 MB
Print size:
26.9 x 43.3 cm | 10.6 x 17.1 in (300 dpi)