Applying for a coat of arms
Applying for a coat of arms
Record No
18411
Title
Applying for a coat of arms
Description
"Humbug or heraldic honours"; showing a vulgar character, applying for a grant of arms, admitting that his greatest achievement was escaping from Ludgate Prison by a rope which he had fixed around the statue of King Lud. This is a satire on the College of Arms.
Date of execution
c1790
Section
The London Archives
Collection
Satirical Print Collection
Artist
William
Engraver
William
Medium
etching
Support
paper
Longest dimension
35cms
Shortest dimension
25cms
Picture type
satire
Catalogue No
p5430490
London picture map location
Exact
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