altered very soon upon coming to this country. It is strange that this
spelling should come up again in a book-plate unless engraved by the
owner himself.
731. ROBBINS. _Philemon Robbins, His Book, A.D. 1755._
Printed label. Of Wethersfield, Conn.
732. ROBBINS. _Thomas Robbins._
Literary. The name is given upon an oval medallion, above which rise the
well-filled book-shelves of the owner. A curtain is draped over them,
and sprays of palm are crossed beneath the oval. Under all is the motto
on a ribbon, _Nocturna versate manu, versate diurna_. (Hor.) A
Connecticut divine, who left his library to the Connecticut Historical
Society. A variation of this plate places the name within an oblong
frame with indented corners. Otherwise the same.
733. ROBERTS. _G. C. M. Roberts. M.D. Baltimore._
Literary. A confusion of books upon a heavy board shelf. A lighted
candle at one end; the name on the front edge of the shelf. Motto,
_Alere flammam_.
734. ROBERTS. _George C. M. Roberts. M.D. Baltimore._
Similar to the above, but no mott.
735. ROBERTSON. _Eben Robertson._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Virtutis gloria merces_.
736. ROBERTSON. _Eben Robertson. Kingston, Jamaica._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Virtutis gloria merces_. The man in
chains below the shield.
737. ROBINSON. _Beverly Robinson._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Propere et provide_. Of New York. Wealthy
Loyalist concerned in the treason of Arnold.
738. ROGERS. _Fairman Rogers._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Dictis factisque simplex_. Illustrated in “Art
Amateur,” May, 1894.
739. ROOME. _Jacob Roome._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Virtute et fide_. Signed, _H. Dawkins.
Sculpsit_.
740. ROOME. _John L. C. Roome._
Armorial. Chippendale. Signed, _H. Dawkins Sculpsit_. At one side, a
cupid flies a bird with a string tied to it, and on the other side his
companion attempts the capture of another bird. A Loyalist lawyer of New
York City. Circa 1774.
741. ROSSEAU. _Rosseau._
Armorial. A large plate, with the shield upon an ermine mantle. Signed,
_Karst_. A book-collector of New York City. His collection of
book-plates passed into the hands of a member of the Ex Libris Society
last year.
742. ROUTH. _David Routh. His Book. Norfolk, 1762._
A label with the name within a double border of fancy type.
743. ROYALL. _Isaac Royall Esqr of Antigua._
Armorial. Jacobean. Motto, _Pectore puro_. Of Massachusetts. Loyalist.
Benefactor of Harvard College. This plate is very similar to the Belcher
in shape and size. Illustrated in “Curio,” page 15.
744. RUFF. _Joanna M. Ruff. Washington City._
Printed from type within a border of ten American eagles.
745. RUSH. (Anonymous.) Rush arms.
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Miseris succurrere disce_. Name-frame
empty; name evidently erased. Probably the plate of the signer of the
Declaration from Pennsylvania, Benjamin Rush. He is said to have
destroyed all the copies of his plate which he could find.
746. RUSSELL. _Josh. Russell._
A simple name-label. The name, with the initials above it in a cipher
monogram, is enclosed within a rectangular frame. This is a woodcut, and
is the work of Anderson.
747. RUSSELL. _Thomas Russell._
Allegorical. Signed, _Callender Sp._ This plate is a copy of the plate
of Joseph Barrell.
748. RUTGERS. _Hendrick Rutgers._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Tantes da dir_. Of New York City. Patriot
and philanthropist.
749. RUTHERFORD. _John Rutherford._
Armorial. Motto, _Nec sorte nec fato_. Born in New York about 1760. One
of the proprietors of East Jersey.
750. RUTLEDGE. (Anonymous.) Rutledge arms.
Supporters, a collared lion and an American Indian. They stand upon the
ribbon, which bears the motto, _Progredi non regredi_. Signed, _S. C.
Barnes & Co., Coventry St._ Of South Carolina.
751. ST. CLAIR. _Sir John St. Clair Bart._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Quo cunque ferar_. Signed, _Ja. Turner,
Philada., Sculpt._ Munitions of war are seen behind the name-bracket. Of
Philadelphia. A British officer, associated with Braddock.
752. ST. GEORGE’S CHURCH. _Library of the Sunday Schools attached to St
George’s Church, established A. D. 1819. Presented by.... No...._
Above the words is a pretty little picture of a child on her knees
reading from a book on a table before her. This plate is not signed, and
seems to be better work than was done on the plate of the Teachers’
Union of this same church.
753. ST. GEORGE’S CHURCH. _The property of the Teachers’ Union of St.
George’s Church. Presented by.... No...._
An engraved label. No ornamentation beyond flourishes. Signed,
_Rollinson_.
754. SALTER. _Richard Salter, Esq. Barbadoes._
Armorial. Jacobean. Motto-ribbon empty. The name is given on the looped
curtain.
755. SALTONSTALL. _Walter Saltonstall._
Armorial. Arms, Argent, a bend gules, between two eagles displayed
sable. Crest, out of a ducal coronet a demi-pelican vulning herself.
756. SALTONSTALL. _William Saltonstall._
Armorial.
757. SAMUELS. (Anonymous.) Plate of James Samuels.
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _L’un Pour l’autre_. Signed, _H. Dawkins,
Philada., Fecit_. The hissing griffin, as in the Bushrod Washington
plate, is given here.
758. SARGEANT. _Jacob Sargeant._
Armorial in form, though no real arms are shown. Chippendale. Motto,
_Cito pede praeterit aetas_. Not signed, but engraved on brass by the
owner. Of Connecticut. Some dated copies of this plate are about, but
the date is not contemporary or correct. Also, the plate was not signed
originally.
759. SARGENT. _Daniel Sargent Junr._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Nec quaerere honorem nec spernere_.
Signed, _Callender Sc._ Of Massachusetts.
760. SARGENT. _Epes Sargent._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto-scroll empty. Signed, _P. Revere Sculp._
761. SARGENT. _Winthrop Sargent._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Fortior quo rectior_. Of Massachusetts.
Statesman and Revolutionary soldier.
762. SCHUYLER. _Philip Schuyler Esqr._
Armorial. Early Chippendale. No motto. Major-General in the Revolution,
and was, after the war, a Senator. Illustrated in “Curio,” page 110.
763. SCHUYLER. _Samuel Schuyler._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Semper fidelis_. Of New York. Born, March
10, 1746; died, 1790.
764. SCOTT. _Benjamin Scott._
Armorial. Chippendale. No motto.
765. SCOTT. _Gustavus Scott._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Gaudia magna nuncio_. A lawyer of
Virginia. Died in Washington, 1801.
766. SCOTT. _John V._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _In God we trust_. This plate is
just like the De Witt Clinton by Maverick. The last name is torn out in
the only copy seen, but the arms are those of Scott.
767. SCOTT. _Winfield Scott._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Amore patriae_. Of Virginia. Famous General.
768. SCOTTON. _John Scotton._
Armorial. Jacobean. No motto. Of Boston, Mass.
769. SEARS. _Sears._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto-ribbon empty.
770. SEARS. _David Sears._
Armorial. A knight in armor and an Indian for supporters. Motto, _Honore
et fides_. Circa 1830.
771. SECOMBE. _John Secombe his book 1729._
Name-label, with ornamental type border. Clergyman and poet. Of
Massachusetts.
772. SEDGWICK. _Theodore Sedgwick Junr._
Crest only. The crest is given above an oval garter, within which is the
motto, _Confido in Domino_. Publicist and lawyer of Albany, N. Y.
773. SELFRIDGE. _Thomas O. Selfridge Boston 1799._
Two fluted pillars are joined at the capitals by festoons of roses; the
name is in the open space between them. A woodcut. Selfridge was the
Federalist lawyer of Boston who shot Charles Austin.
774. SEMPLE. Armorial. Of Virginia.
775. SETON. _William Seton._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Hazard zit forward_. Signed,
_Maverick Sculpt._ Of New York.
776. SEWELL. Armorial.
777. SHEPPARD. _John H. Sheppard._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Nil desperandum_. Of Massachusetts.
Lawyer and author.
778. SHERMAN. _Rev. Henry B. Sherman. M.A._
Armorial. Jacobean. Motto, _Conquer death by virtue_. A very peculiar
use is made of the Jacobean features.
779. SHIPPEN. _Edward Shippen Esquire._
Armorial. Jacobean. No motto. Jurist. Descendant of Edward Shippen, the
first Mayor of Philadelphia. Educated in London. Illustrated in “Curio,”
page 110.
780. SHIPPEN. _Robertus Shippen. S. T. P. Coll. Aen. Nas. Principatis._
A reproduction of the above. Illustrated in “Art Amateur,” May, 1894.
781. SHUBRICK. _Thomas Shubrick, South Carolina._
Plain armorial. Colonel in the Revolution. Illustrated in “Curio,” page
113.
782. SILVESTER. _Peter Silvester Esqr._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Nec degener_. Signed, _Child
Sculpt._ No tinctures. Of New York.
783. SIMPSON. _Jonathan Simpson._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Lege et intellige_. This plate is not
signed, but is undoubtedly the work of Hurd.
784. SISE. _The Property of Edward Sise._
Pictorial. An extremely rude home-made etching. A beautiful bird is
resting upon a stunted tree; an ornamented oval encloses the scene.
785. SITGREAVES. _John Sitgreaves of New Bern_.
Armorial in form, but no arms shown. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Libertas
et natale solum_. The name occupies the oval space where ordinarily the
arms are displayed. Books and writing-material are introduced below the
frame. Signed, _Maverick Scp New York_. Member Old Congress.
Revolutionary patriot.
786. SKELTON. _Reuben Skelton Hanover County Virginia._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto-ribbon empty.
787. SKIPWITH. _Fulwar Skipwith._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Sans Dieu je ne puis_. Of Virginia.
Of the family of Skipwith of Preswould, County Leicester. Baronet.
788. SMITH. _Smith._
Armorial. Jacobean.
789. SMITH. _Haziel Smith, Carpenter, New York. Deaf and Dumb._
A printed label, within a circular border. This mention of a physical
infirmity on a book-plate is unique.
790. SMITH. _Hezekiah Smith._
Armorial. Late Jacobean. Motto, _Beauty and Grace_. An open book for
crest, with the following Greek on it, Ἑρεονατε τας γραφας; the sun in
splendor above it. Of Massachusetts.
791. SMITH. (Anonymous.)
Portrait plate. Showing a young man holding a book, clad in the manner
of the studious youth of the early part of the century. Beneath, the
motto, _Qui contentus felix_. A very pretty bit of engraving. This was
the plate of G. A. Smith, a book-lover, whose library was sold in New
York City some thirty years ago.
792. SMITH. _James Scott Smith._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Ne crede colori_. Signed, _Maverick
Sculp._ Of New York.
793. SMITH. _John A. Smith._
A beautiful pictorial plate. On the smooth face of an immense rock the
name is carved; the trees grow close to it on the far side, and in the
long distance other trees are seen; clouds float lazily, and the effect
is sultry. A doctor of medicine in Virginia. Born, 1782; died, 1865.
President of William and Mary College, 1814-1826.
794. SMITH. _John Adams Smith._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Finis coronat opus_. Signed, _Rollinson Sct._
795. SMITH. _John J. Smith._
Armorial. Chippendale. No motto; the name occupying the motto-ribbon.
This plate is exactly like the James Logan. Great-grandson of James
Logan. Librarian of Philadelphia and Loganian libraries.
796. SMITH. _Jonathan Smith. M DCC LX._
A printed name-label from type with ornamental border.
797. SMITH. _Robert Smith._
Armorial. Major-General Smith of Virginia.
798. SMITH. _Samuel Smith._
Name-label; name engraved within an oval, trimmed with a wreath.
799. SMITH. _Samuel Smith, Esquire._
Armorial. Pictorial. A cherub is seated, busily reading, at the right
side, while on the left his companion blows lustily upon a horn, in the
direction of the sky, whence a third cherub approaches, displaying a
long ribbon upon which is the motto, _Omnes fremant licet dicam quod
sentio_. The whole design rests upon a bracket garlanded with roses.
800. SMITH. _Thomas Smith._
Armorial. Of Gloucester, Va.
801. SMITH. _Thomas Smith Junr. Esqr._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Nec aspera terrent_. Signed,
_Maverick Sculpt._ The customary landscape beneath the shield, and the
signature on the open scroll. This plate is a copy of the James Scott
Smith plate, and is much better work. Of New York.
802. SMITH. _Thomas J. Smith._
Armorial. Of New York. Signed by Maverick. Lawyer and scholar.
803. SMITH. _William Smith._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Chacun a son goût_. Not signed, but
undoubtedly by Hurd. Of Massachusetts.
[Illustration: Samuel Smith Esquire]
804. SMITH. _William Smith._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Tutus si fortis_. Signed, _Maverick
Sculpt._ Of New York.
805. SMITH. _William Smith A.M._
Armorial. Jacobean. Motto, _Nil utile quod non honestum_. Of New York.
Rather wild in appearance.
806. SMITH. _William Smith LL.D. Charleston S. Carolina._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Fidem servabo genusque_. Statesman
and lawyer. Born, 1784; died, 1840.
807. SMITH. _William Loughton Smith._
Diplomatist. Statesman of Charleston, S.C. Born, 1758; died, 1812.
808. SMITH. _William P. Smith A.M._
Armorial. Jacobean. Motto, _Deus nobis haec otia fecit_. Signed, _Thomas
Johnston Sculp._ The most ambitious Jacobean plate of our early period.
Probably the plate of William Peartree Smith of New York. Illustrated in
“Art Amateur,” May, 1894.
809. SMYTH. _Andrew Smyth._
Armorial.
810. SOCIETY FOR PROPAGATING THE GOSPEL. _Sigillum Societatis De
Promovendo Evangelio In Partibus Transmarinus._
Allegorical. An oval frame bears the Latin inscription and a broad
ribbon underneath bears the following, _The Gift of the Society for
propagating the Gospel in Foreign parts, 1704_. The scene is off the
coast; a three-masted ship, with all sails set, is within a few feet of
the shore; the missionary, whose height is equal to one half the
foremast, stands before that mast with Bible in hand and is already
preaching to the natives who, with outstretched hands, come running down
the declivity. The imminent danger of the ship is possibly the real
cause of the interest on the part of the natives. The full sun bestows
his blessing, and a serpentine ribbon in mid-air bears the motto,
_Transiens adiuvanos_. Two varieties. Illustrated in “Curio,” page 11.
811. SOUTH CAROLINA. _Protestant Episcopal Society for the Advancement
of Christianity in South Carolina._
A printed label.
812. SPAIGHT. _Spaight._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Vi et virtute_. Of North Carolina.
813. SPOONER. _Joshua Spooner._
Armorial. Jacobean. Motto, _Follow reason_. Signed, _N. Hurd, Scp._ Of
Massachusetts. A very fine plate.
814. SPOONER. _Wm. Spooner._
Pictorial. A play on the name. Two doves are billing and cooing, and two
hearts are overlapped above them. Of Newport. Circa 1825.
815. SPOTSWOOD. (Anonymous.)
Armorial. Early Chippendale. Motto, _Patior ut potiar_. Of Virginia.
816. SPRIGG. _Richard Sprigg junr._
Name-label within an ornamental border of foliated scrolls, in the top
of which a group of thirteen stars is fixed. Signed, _T. Sparrow_. Above
his name are the letters _F. G._, whose meaning is lost. A woodcut.
817. SPRY. _William Spry._
Armorial. Chippendale. No motto. Signed, _W. Smith’s_. Of New York. The
design of this plate is similar to some by Dawkins, but the execution is
superior. Probably Dawkins copied from Smith, who was without doubt an
English engraver.
818. STANFORD. _Thos. N. Stanford._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Verum dicit_. Signed, _Rollinson_.
819. STEARNS. _Stearns._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Firm_. Of Massachusetts.
820. STEARNS. _Benjamin Stearns._
Name-label. Above the name a cabalistic arrangement of the letters W. V.
and M. with four hands in pairs pointing at them. Motto, _Nihil me
tangere_, altered to _Noli me tangere_. Dated 1833.
821. STEPHENS. _William Stephens._
Armorial. Jacobean. Mantling. Motto, _In corrupta fides nudaque
veritas_. This resembles the plate of William Cowper, Clerk of
Parliament. Not signed, but possibly by Maverick, although not in his
usual style.
822. STEVENS. _Henry Stevens, Barnet. Vt. (Walton’s Press, Montpelier.
Vt.)._
The arms of the State with its motto, _Freedom and Unity_. Under this,
in a frame, is the following poem:--
_In Paradise, the tree,_
_Of knowledge was the pride:_
_By God’s supreme decree,_
_The man who eat--then died._
_But Heaven in mercy since_
_Does him who tastes forgive:_
_To know, is no offence:_
_Now, he who eats--shall live._
The famous bibliographer.
823. STEVENS. _The Property of Henry Stevens, Barnet, 180-._
A simple name-label, printed, with ornamental type.
824. STEWART. _Anthony Stewart Annapolis Maryland._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Nobilis ira_. A very handsome design, the
name-bracket being large and handsomely ornamented; rows of roses down
the sides, and the graceful foliation, make a very handsome plate.
825. STEWART. _James Stewart. New York._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Nil Desperandum._
826. STEWART. _Hon. John Stewart Esqr. Quebec._
Plain armorial. Mantling. Motto, _Nobilis ira_. Signed, _S. Jones Sc
Quebec_.
827. STILLE. _Alfred Stille. M.D._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Innocenter, patienter, constanter_. A large
plate. Of Philadelphia.
828. STITH. _William Stith._
Armorial. Jacobean. Motto, _Rather virtue than learning_, in Greek. The
historian of Virginia. Date of plate, circa 1745. Illustrated in
“Curio,” page 15.
829. STOCKBRIDGE. _Charles Stockbridge._
Name-label. Very much in the style of pen flourishes.
830. STOCKTON. _Richard Stockton, A.M._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Omnia Deo pendent_. Books are shown at
either side of the shield. Signer of the Declaration and father of
Commodore Stockton of New Jersey.
831. STONE. _Wm. L. Stone._
Pictorial. An eagle struggling with a serpent rises into the clouds with
it, and bears an open scroll in one talon on which we read, _Demagogues
may frown and Factions rage--Traitors may sigh and Tyrants weep, but
Freemen will rejoice for...._ A ribbon above the eagle bears the motto,
_Justice, Truth_. Signed, _R. Rawdon. Alby._ Author and editor.
832. STOTT. _Ebenezer Stott._
Armorial. Of Virginia.
833. STOWE. _Stowe._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Inter feros per crucem ad coronam_. Calvin Ellis
Stowe, clergyman, and husband of Harriet Beecher Stowe.
834. STRINGER. _Samuel Stringer._
Armorial. Chippendale. No motto. Signed, _H. D. fecit_. Prominent
physician in Eastern New York State. Born in Maryland, 1734.
835. STROBEL. _Martin Strobel. Charleston. S.C._
Literary. Identical with the George Goodwin and the Frederick Marsh
plates.
836. STURGES. _John Sturges._
Armorial. Signed by Maverick. No further information is obtainable.
837. STUYVESANT. _Peter Gerard Stuyvesant._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Jovae praestat fidere quam homine_.
838. SULLIVAN. _John Sullivan._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Modestia victorix_. Signed, _J.
Callender Scp._ Of New Hampshire. Major-General in the Revolutionary
army.
839. SUMNER. _Thos. W. Sumner._
Name engraved upon a sable tablet; festoon of cloth above.
840. SUMNER. _W. H. Sumner._
Plain armorial. Motto, _In medio tutissimus ibis_. The plate of Gen.
William Hyslop Sumner. Born, Dorchester, Mass., 1780; died, 1861.
841. Supreme Council 33°. _Supreme Council 33° of the Ancient Accepted
Scottish Rite of Freemasonry for the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction U. S.
A._
Masonic emblems. A triangle with _33_ within it; above a regal crown is
shone upon by the full rays of the sun; a double-headed eagle grasps a
sword. Motto, _Deus meumque jus_.
842. SWAN. _James Swan._
Armorial. Pictorial. Supporters, a Scotchman in tartan and an Indian
holding a tobacco-plant. Motto, _Dum spiro spero_. Signed, _Callender
Sc._ A beehive at the right, and at the left a view of the ocean, with
distant sail in sight. Merchant, politician, scholar, and author before
the age of 22. Born in Scotland; came to Boston when very young; a
member of the “Tea Party”; wounded at Bunker Hill; went to France and
made a fortune; through trouble with a German correspondent he was
imprisoned in St. Pelagie, Paris, for fifteen years; died, Paris, 1831.
843. SWETT. _J. B. Swett._
A symbolical plate, representing the profession of medicine. In the
upper part a corpse has been laid open for examination, and three cupids
are in attendance; a fourth reads a book of reference with woful face,
and a saw and vessel would indicate that extreme measures were to be
tried. Below the name the serpent of Æsculapius twined about the rod is
placed between retorts, and herbs growing in flower-pots. The execution
of the plate is poor. John Barnard Swett of Newburyport, Mass.
[Illustration: J. B. Swett.] 844. SWORD. _William Sword._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto-ribbon empty. Signed, _H. D. Fecit_.
845. TAYLOE. _Benjn. Ogle Tayloe._
Library interior. The shield occupies more room than anything else in
the library, and is in the immediate foreground, standing upright
against a pillar; a festoon falls over it; behind shelves of books are
seen; books are on the floor, and a globe is in the corner. Of Maryland.
846. TAYLOE. _John Tayloe of Mount Airy Virginia._
This plate is the same as the preceding, and is probably the older
print, the other being from the same copper with the name altered.
847. TAYLOR. _George Taylor._
Armorial. Of Charleston, S.C.
848. TAYLOR. (Anonymous.)
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto-ribbon empty. This plate has a
guaranteed autograph of George Taylor, the signer of the Declaration
from Pennsylvania; also dated by him in the year of Independence, 1776.
849. TAYLOR. _William Taylor._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Jura sunt mea vindi cabo_. Signed,
_Maverick Sct._ Of New York.
850. TAZEWELL. _John Tazewell Virginia._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Ne quid nimis_.
851. TEN BROECK. _John C. Ten Broeck._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Perge coepisti_. Not signed, but
very probably by Maverick. Of New York. A soldier of ability in the
Revolution; was with Washington at Valley Forge, and was in many
important battles. The original copper is now owned by Mr. Beverly Chew,
President of the Grolier Club, New York City.
852. THOMAS. _Geo: Thomas. Ex liber, 1798._
Pictorial. The frame is somewhat of the older Jacobean style, having a
large pediment, upon which rests a circular frame, enclosing a little
sketch of a beehive with the swarm about it, a mortar as large as the
beehive standing beside it, with the pestle in it, and an awkward branch
of a rose-bush, with two huge blossoms upon it, bending over the mortar.
Oak branches ascend on either side of the frame, and what looks as much
like a plum pudding as anything blazes away in place of a crest. The
name and date are written upon the face of the pediment. A physician of
Lancaster, Pa.
853. THOMAS. _Isaiah Thomas._
Armorial. Jacobean. Motto, _Nec elatus nec dejectus_. Of Worcester,
Mass. Publisher of “Massachusetts Spy.” Attributed to Johnson.
Illustrated in “Art Amateur,” March, 1894.
854. THOMPSON. Armorial. Of Virginia.
855. THOMPSON. _James Thompson._
Plain armorial. No motto. Signed, _P. Maverick, Durand & Co._
856. THOMPSON. _Robert Thompson._
Armorial. The arms are those of Count Rumford. (Benjamin Thompson.) No
further information obtainable.
[Illustration: John Tayloe, of Mount Airy Virginia.]
857. THOMPSON. _Willm. Thompson Esqr._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Ante victoriam ne cane triumphum_. A
handsome plate. A cornucopiæ of flowers at the left.
858. THORNDIKE. _Oliver Thorndike._
Armorial. Jacobean. Motto, _Rosae inter spinas nascunter_. Of Boston.
859. THORNTON. _William Thornton._
Armorial. Jacobean. Motto, _Deo spes meo_. Of Virginia. A woodcut. Circa
1745.
860. THRUSTON. Armorial. Of Virginia.
861. TILLOTSON. _Thomas Tillotson._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Virtus est natale meum_. Signed,
_Maverick Sculpt New York_.
862. TOMLINSON. _John Tomlinson._
Armorial. Chippendale; rather wild. Motto, _Cor unum ira mea_. Signed,
_H. D. fecit_. Similar to the Bushrod Washington plate.
863. TRACY. _Nathaniel Tracy._