"A satirical coat of arms for Sir James Lowther, created Earl of Lonsdale on 11 May 1784. The two supporters are ragged militiamen realistically drawn, one (dexter) being without shoes, with ragged stockings, through which his toes protrude, the other (sinister) is without breeches, a ragged shirt about his legs. On their cross-belts are the letters 'W.M.' [Westmorland Militia]. On the shield are six documents, inscribed respectively, 'False Musters'; 'False Certificates for Volunteer Companies'; 'False Returns'; 'Retention of Cloathing'; 'Contract for Building a Man of War (above a ship in construction, consisting of a few timbers only) 'Cancelled and Money Return'd'; 'Retention of Bounty'. Beneath is the motto 'Who. Doubts, it?' Above is a very large earl's coronet."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Dedicated to the newly created Earl of Lonsdale
Description:
Title etched above image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Plate is probably antedated in allusion to the date of Lowther's peerage. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 27.9 x 33.6 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Watermark: J. Whatman., Annotations in pencil supply the missing letters in title., and Formerly mounted on leaf 77 of volume 1 of 14 volumes.
"A satirical coat of arms for Sir James Lowther, created Earl of Lonsdale on 11 May 1784. The two supporters are ragged militiamen realistically drawn, one (dexter) being without shoes, with ragged stockings, through which his toes protrude, the other (sinister) is without breeches, a ragged shirt about his legs. On their cross-belts are the letters 'W.M.' [Westmorland Militia]. On the shield are six documents, inscribed respectively, 'False Musters'; 'False Certificates for Volunteer Companies'; 'False Returns'; 'Retention of Cloathing'; 'Contract for Building a Man of War (above a ship in construction, consisting of a few timbers only) 'Cancelled and Money Return'd'; 'Retention of Bounty'. Beneath is the motto 'Who. Doubts, it?' Above is a very large earl's coronet."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Dedicated to the newly created Earl of Lonsdale
Description:
Title etched above image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Plate is probably antedated in allusion to the date of Lowther's peerage. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Watermark: J. Whatman., and Formerly mounted on leaf 76 of volume 1 of 14 volumes.
