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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James Bretherton

approximately 1730-1806

etching in black ink :

Plate mark: 13 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches (350 x 25 mm.); Design: 13 3/4 x 9 7/8 inches (335 x 237 mm.)

Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.

Peel 1543

Published:

[London] : H. Humphrey, No. 15 New Bond Street, Feb 21, 1786.

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Notes:

Etcher identified as Jame Bretherton in the British Museum online catalog.
"a preliminary drawing (2008,7035.1) is inscribed "ex dono Vin[i] Reverendi J. W. Poley Pict:" indicating that the designer was John Weller Poley (died 1799), of Boxted Hall, Suffolk, a fellow of Queens' College." Cf. Curator's comments, British Museum online catalog.
Lettered with title and inscriptions as described; beneath the motto, "Etch'd by I.B." [i.e., James Bretherton?].

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".

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Artist page:

Bretherton, James

Century:

18th century

Classification:

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Drawings and Prints