File:The Publican's Coat of Arms Explain'd and Figure'd (BM 1868,0808.3565).jpg
Original file (1,600 × 1,414 pixels, file size: 554 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Captions
Summary
[edit]The Publican's Coat of Arms Explain'd and Figure'd ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Artist |
Print made by: Anonymous
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
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 |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Current location |
Prints and Drawings |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
Licensing
[edit]This image is in the public domain because it is a mere mechanical scan or photocopy of a public domain original, or – from the available evidence – is so similar to such a scan or photocopy that no copyright protection can be expected to arise. The original itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
This tag is designed for use where there may be a need to assert that any enhancements (eg brightness, contrast, colour-matching, sharpening) are in themselves insufficiently creative to generate a new copyright. It can be used where it is unknown whether any enhancements have been made, as well as when the enhancements are clear but insufficient. For known raw unenhanced scans you can use an appropriate {{PD-old}} tag instead. For usage, see Commons:When to use the PD-scan tag. Note: This tag applies to scans and photocopies only. For photographs of public domain originals taken from afar, {{PD-Art}} may be applicable. See Commons:When to use the PD-Art tag. |
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
current | 08:56, 9 May 2020 | 1,600 × 1,414 (554 KB) | Copyfraud (talk | contribs) | British Museum public domain uploads (Copyfraud/BM) Satirical prints in the British Museum 1736 #2,090/12,043 |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
The following 2 pages use this file:
Metadata
This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.
Horizontal resolution | 300 dpi |
---|---|
Vertical resolution | 300 dpi |
Image width | 2,723 px |
Image height | 2,406 px |
Color space | sRGB |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 (20060914.r.77) Windows |
Date and time of digitizing | 15:37, 7 December 2007 |
File change date and time | 15:43, 7 December 2007 |
Date metadata was last modified | 15:43, 7 December 2007 |