London Livery Companies No. 2 - Original Engraving by G. Jones - 1814
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Original copper engraving with twenty coats of arms of the livery companies of the City of London, set out in five rows, each with its motto and its label: dyers, brewers, leather-sellers, pewterers, barbers, cutlers, bakers, wax chandlers, armourers, girdlers, butchers, saddlers, carpenters, cordwainers, painter-stainers, curriers, masons, plumbers and innholders.
Original copper engraving with twenty coats of arms of the livery companies of the City of London, set out in five rows, each with its motto and its label: dyers, brewers, leather-sellers, pewterers, barbers, cutlers, bakers, wax chandlers, armourers, girdlers, butchers, saddlers, carpenters, cordwainers, painter-stainers, curriers, masons, plumbers and innholders.
The sheet is headed LONDON and carries the numbering Pl. IX at the upper right. The livery companies grew out of the medieval guilds of London and became corporations under royal charter responsible for training in their trades and for the control of standards in their line of business.
Medium: Copper engraving
Publisher: G. Jones, London
Date: 1814
Dimensions: 8.1 x 10.2 in (20.5 x 26 cm)
Condition: Toned paper, with damp stains spread over the margins and some within the field of the engraving; the arms are crisp and well printed.
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Original copper engraving with twenty coats of arms of the livery companies of the City of London, set out in five rows, each with its motto and its label: dyers, brewers, leather-sellers, pewterers, barbers, cutlers, bakers, wax chandlers, armourers, girdlers, butchers, saddlers, carpenters, cordwainers, painter-stainers, curriers, masons, plumbers and innholders.