His Royal Majesty Jan Sobieski & his eagle et Janina

Salvee Omnes,
I do love our Polish White Eagle, so to start this February weekend I would like to share with you
a quick post with some period iconography (corralled from wiki commons) -
 our king Jan III Sobieski, Janina coat of arms, and  our White Eagle bearing king's coat of arms and also Grand Duchy of Lithuania Pogon.

enjoy

Valete

sketches...

Salve,
some of my olden sketches - reworking them - of the winged hussar theme

A hussar lance - or poczet - of a companion, two retainers and a pacholek with a 'powodny' horse

a winged hussar companion - a screen shot of a sketch in development

A hussar companion with a lance and Nalecz coat of arms

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth coat of arms AD 1593

and another take on my Parthian from Tang-e-Sarvak  - exploring the armor

inside my sketches a drawing by Patryk Skupniewicz

howgh