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The Publican's Coat of Arms Explain'd and Figure'd   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Published by: George Bickham the Younger
Title
The Publican's Coat of Arms Explain'd and Figure'd
Description
English: A mock coat-of-arms satirizing over-charging by tavern keepers. The shield is divided into three parts: the upper half contains a version of BM Satires 1918 with an excise man, holding a paper lettered "Gets by the Act 5000", sitting astride a barrel, lettered "3s p Barrel" and on its trolley, "6s raisd"; the barrel is drawn over a paper marked "Magna C-a" by a lion and accompanied by a soldier riding a unicorn; at lower left (dexter), the upper part of a grenadier holding a long-barreled gun and a tankard, upside down, lettered "3p Day"; at lower right (sinister), the upper part of a haggard gin-seller resting on a barrel and holding a small glass upside down. The crest is formed of a tankard marked "3p 1/2 Short Measure pays House Rent", and a smiling head resembling that of William Murray, Earl of Mansfield, bearing horns and antlers. As supporters, on the left, a landlady, holding a board marked with tally scores, a pocket at her waist lettered "Takes in the Pence", and a cloth hanging behind her lettered "Punch in small quantities pays Housekeeping", bowls and dishes at her feet; on the right, a landlord with a constable's staff, wearing an apron, a candle-snuffer at his waist, and at his feet a pile of pipes, papers lettered "Gazeteer" and "Ledger" and boxes on which is lettered, "Tobacco pays for Candles Pipes & Newspapers". Text below describes the coat-of-arms in heraldic terms.
Etching with some mezzotint scraping, printed in brown ink
Depicted people Representation of: William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (?)
Date 1736-1751 (circa)
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 120 millimetres (trimmed?)
Width: 226 millimetres (trimmed?)
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
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Accession number
1868,0808.3565
Notes Stephens follows Hawkins annotation in dating the print to the period of the Excise Bill of 1733, but its style suggests a later date.
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-3565
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(Reusing this file)		 © The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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