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A new Coat of Arms, , granted to the h**ds of the U********y of C*******e, since their late edict against dinners

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John Weller Poley

A new Coat of Arms, , granted to the h**ds of the U********y of C*******e, since their late edict against dinners

[London] : [pubisher not identified], 14 February 1786.
etching :
Plate mark: 321 x 22 mm.; Design: 12 7/8 x 9 inches
Peel 1541
Notes
Design attributed to John Weller Poley (died 1799), of Boxted Hall, Suffolk, a fellow of Queens' College. Cf. Curator's comments,1868,0808.5473 (BM Satires 7016), British Museum online catalog.
See British Museum Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires, no. 7016, for another version of this design etched by James Bretherton.
Watermark: Unknown.
Page 5 and 5a-Page 5 is not numbered correctly, possibly misplaced
Inscriptions/Markings
Lower left corner of border, in pencil: 283 Right side of lower edge, in pencil: BM 7016. 4 inches from bottom on left side, in pencil: James Bearblock in:.
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

Print shows a satirical coat of arms for Cambridge University, a description being engraved beneath the title: "Arms Quarterly, first Azure, a Mitre and Fools Cap transverse ways, second, Sable, an Inn shut up, Third, Gules, Caput Universale, on an Asses head, proper, fourth, Argent, A Book entitled Excerpta e statutis, Supporters, Two Cooks weeping, Crest, A Hand holding a Roll of Paper, Motto, Impransi, Juvenes Disquirite".

Associated names
Poley, John Weller, 1755-1799, artist.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Print
Department
Drawings and Prints
Century prints
18th century
Catalog link
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