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 into quadrants, then further divided within those quadrants. Cinquefoils, spearheads, and hunting horns are among the objects and symbols featured within the field. At the helm is a knight's helmet; at the crest, upon a torse, is a stag. A cape flows behind the shield. Above is the motto Cavendo Tutus.
Subject (Name):
Hardwicke, William Wright
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Armorial bookplates,, Physicians, Shields, and stag
A coat of arms divided into two halves with three stars above the divide and one below. At the helm is a horse, with a garland of flowers above the crest. Below is the motto Liberabit Veritas.
Subject (Name):
Blackburne, William, 1755-1835
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Bacteria, Heraldic bookplates, Horse, Physicians, Shield, and Shields
Title supplied by curator., From: Johann Scultetus, Armamentarium Chirurgicum, Frankcofurti: Joannis Gerlini, 1666., In image: Tabula XLII., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Joannis Gerlini
Subject (Topic):
Cesarean section, Pregnant women, Births, Medical equipment & supplies, Physicians, and Priests