Lionel 



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On the other hand, as Lionel's is among the effigies surround- 

 ing the tomb of Edward III in Westminster Abbey, which is 

 one of the finest works of its kind belonging to the 14th century,^ 

 we may turn to that with some confidence to gain a notion of 

 Lionel's face and form,^ though presumably it is only the effigy 



Effigy of Prince Lionel. 

 (From Gardiner, History of England, p. 264.) 



of the king himself which can be absolutely depended upon for 

 faithfulness.^ 



^ Encyc. Brit., nth ed., 24. 494. 



Mt is figured in Carter, Specimens of Ancient Painting and Engraving 

 in England, new edition, 1887, plate Ixii (the third figure), and in 

 Gardiner, Student's History of England, p. 264, from which it is here 

 reproduced. 



'However, the drooping mustaches of the Black Prince, in the effigy 

 from his father's tomb (Gardiner, p. 264), agree with those on his own 



