A bend, speckled in design and featuring seven ermine spots, is at the foreground of several counter-changed bars. At the top of the shield is a chief featuring the head and neck of a dragon flanked by a pair of annulets. At the crest, atop a torse, are the entwined heads and necks of two dragons. Below is the motto Labore et Perseverantia. Additionally, a note with the bookplate states that Laing was Physician to George IV.
Subject (Name):
Knighton, William
Subject (Topic):
Armorial bookplates, Dragon, Physicians, Shield, and Shields
A shield, with an or chief featuring at center an argent crosslet. Below, against a sable field, is a pelican tending to a smaller bird beneath it. At the helm is a crown with an eagle rising from it, and a crosslet fitchee in its beak. Beneath the shield, upon a long banner, is the motto Sola Juvat Virtus.
Subject (Name):
Madden, William
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Armorial bookplates, Birds, Cross, Crown, Physicians, Shield, and Shields
A shield edged in leafing and engulfed with additional flora, with a vert bordure engrailed with three pelicans, two above one below, against an argent field. At the helm, upon a torse, is an anchor. Further above, upon a long flowing banner is the motto Felicior quo Certior.
Subject (Name):
Ormston, William
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Armorial bookplates, Birds, Nature, Physicians, and Shields
A coat of arms divided diagonally, the lower half of which is solid. The upper portion contains half a cog with additional design. Above is a complete cog within a large plume of feathers. Beneath is the motto Virtute.