Original copper engraving with eighteen coats of arms of the lesser livery companies of the City of London, each with its motto and its label: wheelwrights, distillers, hatband makers, patten makers, tobacco-pipe makers, coach and coach-harness makers, gun makers, gold and silver wire drawers, glass sellers, longbowstring makers, card makers, fan makers, starch makers, silkmen, parish clerks, watermen, brown bakers and marblers.
Original copper engraving with eighteen coats of arms of the lesser livery companies of the City of London, each with its motto and its label: wheelwrights, distillers, hatband makers, patten makers, tobacco-pipe makers, coach and coach-harness makers, gun makers, gold and silver wire drawers, glass sellers, longbowstring makers, card makers, fan makers, starch makers, silkmen, parish clerks, watermen, brown bakers and marblers.
The sheet is headed LONDON and carries the numbering Pl. X at the upper right. The lettering below records that it was published in London on March 1, 1814 by G. Jones.
Medium: Copper engraving
Publisher: G. Jones, London
Date: March 1, 1814
Dimensions: 8.1 x 10.2 in (20.5 x 26 cm)
Condition: Toned paper, with damp stains spread over the whole sheet, denser at the upper right corner; the arms remain crisp.