[White's Club coat of arms] [graphic]
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16193005
Description
- Title
- [White's Club coat of arms] [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Cog it amor nummi
- Creator
- Grignion, Charles, 1721-1810, printmaker
- Published / Created
- [1756]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
-
A satirical coat of arms, engraved heraldically, with cards, dice, Earls coronet (Lord Darlington) shaking a dice-box. The arms are encircled by a claret bottle ticker, by way of order. Designed by Horace Walpole and friends (Dick Edgecumbe, and George Selwyn among others).
- Description
-
Caption title from motto engraved in the banner.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark to form an octagon.
Date from British Museum catalogue.
The Lewis Walpole Library: Formerly shelved as part of the SH Contents collection.
Mounted on page 62 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
1 print : engraving on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 11.3 x 13.3 mm.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins. - Provenance
- Sabin; August 1927. Strawberry Hill sale, viii, 33. London, 1123. Later owned by William Knight.
- Extent
- 1 print : image 112 x 130 mm
- Language
-
Latin
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1756
Engravings England 1756 - Material
- engraving ; and laid paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
-
England
London.
London - Subject (Name)
- White's Club (London, England)
- Subject (Topic)
-
Clubs
Men
Societies and clubs
Playing cards
Coats of arms - Subjects
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White's Club (London, England)
Clubs > England > London
Men > England > London > Societies and clubs
Playing cards
Coats of arms
England > 1756
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership
Bawtree, William, 1744-1824 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 1763740
- Object ID (OID)
- 16193005