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- Published / Created:
- [1784?]
- Call Number:
- 784.00.00.03
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- A burlesque coat of arms of the city of Preston, evidently relating to a contested election of that city's parliamentary representative, probably John Burgoyne. A mayor with staff of office is on the left and a woman holding a chamber pot on the right. She stands behind an older horned man (a cuckold). The central escutcheon depicts a lamb, with Folly in a fools-cap as the crest
- Description:
- Title from item., Possibly by Isaac Cruikshank. See British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Preston (Lancashire, England) and England
- Subject (Name):
- Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792., Great Britain. Parliament, and Great Britain. Parliament, 1783-1784.
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, Coats of arms, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Insignia villae de Preton [graphic].
