Sujet

Humbug or heraldic honours', c1790. Artist: William Abraham

Légende

'Humbug or heraldic honours', c1790. A vulgar character, applying for a grant of arms, admitting that his greatest achievement was escaping from Ludgate Prison by a rope which he had fixed around the statue of King Lud. This is a satire on the College of Arms.

Date

1790

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Notre référence

HRM19A99_111

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

19,9Mo (1,3Mo) / 26,2cm x 19,0cm / 3099 x 2245 (300dpi)

Mots clés

England people male interior indoors college man men education country guy British English room color colour location century Britain inside applying cartoon Rogue 18th century Eighteenth Century Guildhall Library & Art Gallery College of Arms etching satire Heralds' College William Abraham Abraham William