Mother Louse, of Louse Hall near Oxford [graphic]
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"Portrait of an innkeeper known as 'Mother Louse'; an old woman with pointed chin, smiling, almost three-quarter length, directed to left, wearing bonnet, tall conical hat, ruff and apron, a jug in her left hand by her side, a tankard in her right, held out; landscape in the distance beyond, at left, her inn, lettered 'Louse Hall', a famous establishment outside the city of Oxford; fanciful coat of arms below image: three lice surmounted by a tankard, motto on banner underneath, 'Three lice passant'. Reversed copy after Loggan."--British Museum online catalogue