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The following; are the descriptions of the twelve figures of men in armour devised 
and arranged in the Rotunda Museum by Captain C. Orde Browne, late R.A. ; 
each description will be fixed in front of its own figure on the hand rail enclosing 
the collection. 
Captain Orde Browne prepared a longer description i:i book form which he 
illustrated with very clever water-colour sketches of each figure and forwarded 
through the Committee of the R.A. Institution to the I.G.O. This was sub¬ 
mitted to the Secretary of State for War who expressed the highest approval of 
its artistic and historical merits and who directed it to be suitably bound and 
deposited in the 11.A. Institution. 
It is very satisfactory to think that through the knowledge and exertions of an 
Artillery officer the Rotunda Museum now possesses a collection which does 
justice to the many valuable specimens of armour secured for it informer days 
by such famous Artillerymen as Colquhoun and Lefrov who could not but have 
been pleased to see the various articles they picked up in different parts of the 
world so cleverly assembled. 
Late 13th or early 14th century • 
Figure A. 
Knight in chain mail (equipment imperfect.) 
14th or early 15th century . 
Figure B. 
Gunner or bombardier in mail shirt, firing stone shot from a 15-in. bombard. 
He ignites the charge with a hot iron, guarding his face with his left hand from 
the sparks thrown off by the old-fashioned powder. 
This is the earliest class of gun. 
15th century • 
Figure C. 
Archer watching the flight of an arrow discharged from his long bow. 
This is believed to be earliest archer’s equipment extant (resembling that in use 
at Agincourt,) the arms and chest are left unarmoured for greater freedom. 
The sheaf of arrows in use would be stuck in the ground or held under the left foot 
15th century . 
Figure D. 
Cross-bowman winding up a small cross-bow with a “ moulinet,’ 5 or winch, 
He wears, besides his half plates, a “ brigandine ” or stuff tunic lined with 
strips of steel. 
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