Massachusetts.
864. TRENCHARD. _Lieut. E. Trenchard. U. S. Navy._
Pictorial. The name is given upon an oval medallion, back of which are
grouped the United States flag, pennants, bombs, cannon balls, and an
anchor, while in the distance the ship of the Lieutenant is seen. This
plate was probably made soon after the War of 1812. Trenchard was born
in New Jersey in 1784.
865. TRIPP. _Lot Tripp, New York._
A simple name-label enclosed in an oval frame, and cut on wood by Dr.
Anderson.
866. TUBERVILLE. _George Lee Tuberville, Virginia._
Armorial. The shield is on the breast of a large eagle displayed. Motto,
_Omnia relinquit servare rempublicam_.
867. TUCKER. _St. George Tucker._
Armorial. Poet, jurist, and Revolutionary soldier of Virginia. Was
called the “American Blackstone.”
868. TUFTS. _S. Tufts. Newburyport._
A very roughly engraved label. The name is enclosed within a circular
frame.
869. TUTTLE. _The property of Hugh Tuttle, 1822._
The name is arranged in the form of a diamond with the first letter in
the centre and the others about it in natural order.
870. TYLER. _Andrew Tyler._
Armorial. Jacobean. No motto. Signed, _N. H. Sculp_. The shield is
placed upon a bracket having a handsome diapered pattern; the scrolls
are graceful, the canephoros head on which the shield rests has curled
hair, and the upper arms of the scroll-work support urns filled with
flowers. A goldsmith of Boston.
871. TYLER. _Joseph Tyler._
Armorial. Motto, _Fari quae sentiat_. By Thomas Johnson.
872. TYNG. _Dudley Atkins Tyng._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Esse quam videri_. Signed,
_Callender Sp._ Of Massachusetts. Descendant of Governor Dudley.
873. UNIACKE. _Richd. John Uniacke. Esqr. 1801._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Faithful and brave_. Governor-General of Canada.
874. UNITED STATES ARMY. _Head Quarters of the Army._
The American eagle displays the shield of our country upon his breast;
the motto, _E Pluribus unum_, and the thirteen stars are given above.
875. UNITED STATES CONGRESS. _Library of Congress, United States of
America._
Engraved. Oblong border of oak leaves.
876. UNITED STATES NAVY. _Navy Department._
The American eagle rests upon an anchor. A circular frame about this
holds the words, _Hydrographic Office, U. S. Navy_. A ribbon below has
on it, _Bureau of Navigation_.
877. UNITED STATES NAVY. _Navy Department. Bureau of Navigation._
A large plate. Upon the shield is a representation of the mariner’s
compass; the American eagle flies over the waves above; the motto,
_Vigilemus ut vigilatis_, is given upon a ribbon below. Branches of oak
are used as decoration.
878. VAN BERCKEL. _P. I. Van Berckel._
Armorial. Supporters, naked barbarians with bludgeons five feet long,
and wreaths on their heads; they stand on the motto-ribbon. Motto, _In
silentio et spe_. Signed, _Maverick Scp._ Of New York.
879. VAN BUREN. _M. V. Buren._
An engraved label; the name is in script and a thin festoon is draped
above it. Very probably the plate of Martin Van Buren, eighth President
of the United States.
880. VAN CORTLANDT. _Van Cortlandt._
Armorial. Military trophies behind the shield. Motto, _Virtus sibi
munus_. Of the Manor.
881. VAN NESS. _J. P. Van Ness._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Pro Deo et nobilissima patria Batavorum_.
Mantling comes down well upon either side.
882. VAN RENSSELAER. _Jer. Vn. Rensselaer. Esqr._
Armorial. Jacobean. Lieutenant-Governor of New York, 1801-1803.
883. VAN RENSSELAER. _K. K. Van Rensselaer. Esqr._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Vertus est vera vetustas_. Signed,
_Maverick, Scp._, on an open scroll. Of New York.
884. VAN RENSSELAER. _P. V. Rensselaer._
Armorial. By Billings.
885. VAN RENSSELAER. _Stephen Van Rensselaer._
Armorial. Mantling. The name on a broad ribbon surrounding the whole.
Not signed, but probably by Maverick. The “Patron.”
886. VAN WYCK. _Van Wyck._
Armorial. Jacobean. Supporters. Of New York.
[Illustration: Richard Varick Esq.] 887. VARICK. _Richard Varick Esq._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto-ribbon empty. Signed, _A. Billings Sculpt._
Patriotic features are introduced into the ornamentation. The plate of
Colonel Richard Varick, a brave officer in the Revolution: was Mayor of
New York in 1801, and with Samuel Jones revised the law of the State in
1786.
888. VASSALL. _John Vassall. Esqr._
Armorial. Chippendale. No motto. This plate is not signed, but is
undoubtedly the work of Hurd. Of Cambridge, Mass.; inheritor of a large
fortune, which he augmented largely; a Loyalist, and a refugee; lived
for some time in England, and died there. His mansion-house at
Cambridge became the headquarters of General Washington, and later the
home of the poet Longfellow. He would not use the family motto, “Saepe
pro rege, semper pro republica,” on his coat-of-arms, it is said.
889. VAUGHAN. _Benjamin Vaughan._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Prudenter et simpliciter_. Of Maine. Educated in
London; gave his library to Bowdoin College.
890. VAUGHAN. _Samuel Vaughan._
Armorial. Jacobean. Motto, _In prudentia & simplicitate_. Mantling
around the helmet. A wealthy planter of Jamaica. Illustrated in “Curio,”
page 11.
891. VAUGHAN. _Samuel Vaughan Esqr._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Christi servitus vera libertas_. The
Vaughan arms impaling Hallewell.
892. VAUGHAN. _Samuel Vaughan Junr._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Prudenter et simpliciter_. Of Maine.
893. VAUGHAN. _William Vaughan._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Prudenter et simpliciter_. Very similar to the
Samuel Vaughan Junr.
894. VAUX. _Edward Vaux._
Plain armorial. No motto. Of Philadelphia.
895. VAVASOUR. _Josias Short Vavasour._
Armorial. Chippendale. Signed, _H. Dawkins_. Sc. At the left, a
harlequin in a black mask peers around the frame and touches his
feathered hat; at the right a fashionably clad young lady, noticing the
intrusion, holds up her hand-glass, in which the black mask of the
new-comer is reflected. Motto, _Strive for glory_.
896. VINTON. _John A. Vinton._
The name is printed within a woodcut border, oval in form, and decorated
with a wreath of flowers and a spray of palm. The following quotation is
given: _Maximae divitiae sunt prae doctrina et scientia contemnendae:
sed virtus omnibus praestat_. Antiquarian.
[Illustration: Virginia Council Chamber.] 897. VIRGINIA COUNCIL
CHAMBER. _Virginia Council Chamber._
Armorial. First quarter, the arms of England and Scotland; second
quarter, the arms of France; third quarter, the arms of Ireland; fourth
quarter, the same as the first. Motto, _En dat Virginia quartam_.
Supporters, two men in complete armor, their beavers open, three ostrich
feathers on the helmets, their breasts charged with a cross, and in the
exterior hand a lance. Crest, a virgin queen, couped at the shoulders,
hair dishevelled, and crowned with an Eastern crown. Illustrated in
“Curio,” page 14.
898. VIRGINIA COUNCIL CHAMBER. (Anonymous.)
Armorial. Below the arms, which are the same as those in the preceding
plate, is a scene within the Council Chamber, evidently, as the members
are around the table, and are being addressed by one of their number.
The framework which supports this is Chippendale in construction, the
armed supporters stand upon the upper part, and the very lowest panel is
occupied by the 249th line of the first book of Homer’s “Illiad,” Του
και ἁπο γλὡσσης μἑλιτος γλυκἱων ῥἑεν αὑδἡ. Signed, _Dent--Sculpt. Bull
Alley, Lombard Street. London_. The design of the plate is attributed to
Samuel Wale, R.A. See “The Book-plate Annual and Armorial Year Book,”
1894. London, A. & C. Black, Soho Square.
899. VOSE. _Benjamin Vose._
Armorial.
900. VOSE. _Solomon Vose._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Quo fata vocant_. Signed,
_Callender Sc._
901. WALDO. _D. Waldo’s._
Armorial. Jacobean. Motto, _Nil sine Deo_. Of Connecticut. Soldier in
the Revolution.
902. WALKER. _Samuel Walker’s._
Pictorial. Above the plain tablet which bears the name, and the mottoes,
_Ubi plura nitent paucis non offendar maculis_, and _Vitanda est improba
Siren defidia_, a group of musical accessories is placed; below, two
sprays of oak branches. A rude woodcut.
903. WALL. _Wall._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Par pari refero_. Signed, _J. D. Stout. N.Y._
904. WALLACE. _The Honble. Joshua Maddox Wallace of Burlington in New
Jersey esqr._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Pro patria_.
905. WALLER. _Benja. Waller. Virginia._
Armorial. Chippendale. No motto. A lawyer in Virginia.
906. WALMSLEY. _I. Walmsley. 1792._
Armorial. Very crude work. The mantling encloses the shield.
Motto-ribbon empty.
[Illustration: JOHN C. WARREN.]
907. WARREN. _G. Washington Warren._
Armorial. Belongs to no class. Ornamented with
scroll-work. The same plate is found with the
name of Lucius Henry Warren upon it.
908. WARREN. _John C. Warren._
Armorial. Pictorial. The shield rests against a
boulder, and is shaded by a poplar tree; the
serpent and rod of Æsculapius lie on the ground,
and the name is given on a ribbon. Eminent
surgeon and medical writer of Boston.
909. WARREN. _J. Mason Warren._
Plain armorial. No motto, the name occupying
the motto-ribbon. Same arms as the John C.
Warren.
910. WARREN. _The Property of Samuel Warren, jun. Providence._
The name is printed from type within an engraved
border, and the date, _1799_, appears in MS.
911. WARREN. _W. Warren. Theatre._
Pictorial. The name is given within a frame of
shield shape, above which a pair of antlers, trimmed
with oak branches and festoons of oak leaves, is
seen; resting between them are a book and looking-glass.
At the foot of the frame a loving cup.
912. WASHINGTON. _Bushrod Washington._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Exitus acta probat_.
Nephew of the President, to whom Mount
Vernon descended. This plate is almost identical
with the Whitebread plate by Dawkins. The
dragon changes places with the long spray of
flowers, otherwise they are the same. It is not
known whether Dawkins did this plate or not,
but presumably he copied the other from this,
which is likely to have been an imported plate. It
is not at all an uncommon type among the English
plates.
913. WASHINGTON. _George Washington._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Exitus acta probat_.
First President of the United States.
914. WATERHOUSE. _John Waterhouse. Halifax._
Crest only. Motto, _Veritas vincit omnia_.
915. WATIES. _Thomas Waties._
Armorial. Of South Carolina. An eminent judge
for a period of some forty years. Born, 1760;
died, 1828.
916. WATKINS. _John W. Watkins. A.M._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Fortis et
fidelis_. Signed, _Rollinson Sct._
[Illustration: W. WARREN
THEATRE]
917. WATTS. _John Watts._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Forti non deficit telum_. A
Loyalist of New York, whose estates were confiscated.
Statue in Trinity Churchyard, New York
City.
918. WEBSTER. _Danl. Webster._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Vera pro gratis_. Name in
fac-simile of signature. Statesman, lawyer, and
orator.
919. WELCH. _D. T. Welch._
Literary. Similar to the M. W. Day plate. Motto,
_Literatura mentem expandit_.
920. WELD. _Isaac Weld._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Verum atque
decens_. Traveller and author.
921. WELFORD. _Beverley R. Welford. M.D._
Motto, _The wicked man borroweth and returneth not
again_. Engraved name-label. Of Richmond, Va.
922. WENTWORTH. _Wentworth._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _En Dieu est
tout_. Signed, _N. Hurd, Scp._ Of New Hampshire.
923. WETHERSFIELD. _Social Library, Stepney Society, Wethersfield._
Literary. A shelf of books is raised upon a frame
of Chippendale scroll-work, and has a ribbon
draped upon the front of it, bearing the motto,
_Waste not a moment_. Above the books on the
shelf a winged hour-glass is seen under the folds of
a draped curtain. Signed, _Doolittle Sculpt._ This
plate is also found with the signature erased, and
the following line added in fine letters under the
design: _Annual Meeting, 1st Monday in Dec. at
6. P.M. when every book is to be returned_.
924. WETMORE. _Charles H. Wetmore._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Virtus
libertas et patria_. Signed, _Doolittle Sculp._ The
open field face of the shield is used for the number
of the volume. Of Connecticut.
925. WETMORE. _Prosper Wetmore._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Virtus
libertas et patria_. The bit of landscape again
comes in, as so often in the work of this engraver.
Signed on an open scroll, _Maverick Sculpt._ Of
New York.
926. WETMORE. _William Wetmore._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Tentanda
via est_. Signed, _Revere sc._ Some proofs of this
plate are found without the signature, having been
printed before it was signed. Of Massachusetts.
927. WHATLEY. _Joseph Whatley._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Pelle
timorem_.
928. WHEELER. _David B. Wheeler._
A Masonic plate. The full sun, eight-pointed
star, and crescent moon are above the name,
while below it are the square and dividers, crossed;
the whole enclosed within a frame of ornamental
type.
929. WHEELWRIGHT. _Nathl. Wheelwright._
Armorial. Chippendale. No motto. Of Massachusetts.
930. WHITE. _Daniel A. White._
An engraved name-label, with the name enclosed
in palm branches, and the mottoes on ribbons
above and below. _Multum legendum. Esse quam
videri._
931. WHITEBREAD. _W ... Whitebread._ (First name torn off.)
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Pro lege et rege_.
Signed, _Dawkins, Fecit_. Of New York.
932. WHITRIDGE. _The Property of J. B. Whitridge._
Pictorial. On a bit of ground surrounded by
water, Hope stands leaning upon her anchor, and
raising her hand towards the motto, _In God we
hope_, which floats on a ribbon above her. Under
the name a second motto, _Cui est amiens, felix_.
Signed, _J. R. Penniman Delt. W. B. Annin. Sc._
Physician at Charleston, S.C., at the beginning of
the century.
933. WILKES. _Charles Wilkes._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Arcui meo non confido_.
Signed, _Rollinson sc._ Of New York.
934. WILLIAMS. _Williams._
Armorial. Late Jacobean. No motto. Of Massachusetts.
935. WILLIAMS. _Azarias Williams._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Amicitia
cum libertate_. Signed, _Rollinson Sculpt._
936. WILLIAMS. _Gulielmi Williams ex Insula Antigua._
Armorial. Pictorial. A beautiful granite canopy is
erected on the shore of the island; a view of the sea
is afforded, and the palmetto-trees yield a grateful
shade; at the foot of the stone-work are grouped a
globe, scrolls, telescope, compasses, books, sextant,
and drawing instruments--significant of the tastes
of the owner; the arms are carved upon the face
of the stone, and the crest is protected by a hood of
graceful design; flowers in long garlands are trailed
over the monument. Signed, _S. Ingram fecit a
Paris_. A very beautiful plate.
937. WILLIAMS. _Johannes Williams His Book. 1679._
The oldest dated book-plate we have; probably
the plate of the first minister of Deerfield, Mass.,
whose house was raided by the Indians. A printed
label.
938. WILLIAMS. _John Williams, Esqr._
Armorial. Late Jacobean. Motto, _Floriferis ut
apes in saltibus omnia libant omnia nos_. Born,
Wethersfield, Conn., Sept. 11, 1762; Yale, 1802;
died, 1840. This plate bears some resemblance to
the plates of Elijah Backus and Daniel Waldo,
both in design, size, and execution.
939. WILLIAMS. _John Williams._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Floriferis
ut apes in saltibus omnia libant omnia nos_. Same
as the preceding.
940. WILLIAMS. _John Williams._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Y cadam ae
cypwyn_. Of Boston. Circa 1767.
941. WILLIAMS. _John C. Williams._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Cognoscere
occasionem_. Signed, _N. H. Scp._ Of Massachusetts.
Quite similar to the Jonathan Jackson plate by the
same engraver.
942. WILLIAMS. (Anonymous.)
Armorial. Pictorial. The shield is thrown under
a tree with a confusion of other things,--a harp,
lyre, horn, music-book, violin bow, sword, arrow,
bow, and Indian head-dress. An expanse of water
at the right is illumined by the rising sun. Signed,
_Harris, sc._ Of Massachusetts.
943. WILLIS. _Willis._
Armorial. Chippendale. No motto. No crest.
944. WILLIS. _Samuel Willis._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto-ribbon empty.
Signed, _Thos. Johnston. Sc._ This design seems
to be a copy of one of Hurd’s.
945. WILSON. _David Wilson._
Armorial. Chippendale. Exactly like the succeeding,
and probably the same copper with the
name changed.
946. WILSON. _James Wilson._
Armorial. Chippendale. No motto. Very handsome
plate in the style of Hurd’s best design; a
border is added, which is unusual with him, and it
is twined with garlands of roses, and has shells in
the corners.
947. WILSON. _John Wilson, Barbadoes._
Armorial. Pictorial. The scene is in the tropics;
a cornucopia pours its riches of fruit upon the
ground, just below the oval shield, which is steadied
by a winged cherub, who gazes off into the clouds;
the background shows trees, an expanse of water,
and either icebergs or snow-capped mountains.
948. WILSON. _John Wilson, Kingston. Jamaica._
Pictorial. The name is given on an open book,
which is surrounded by a wreath.
949. WINTHROP. _William Winthrop._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Spes
vincit terrorem_. Signed, _S. Hill_.
950. WINTHROP. _J. W._
Armorial. (Winthrop arms.) Jacobean. Plate
of John Winthrop; born, Boston, 1681; died in
England, 1747.
951. WISEMAN. _Joseph Wiseman._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto-ribbon
empty. Signed, _Vallance Sc._ Of Pennsylvania.
952. WISNER. _Polydore B. Wisner._
Armorial in form. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto,
_Via ad cordem_. Signed, _Maverick Sculpt._ Of
New York.
953. WOLCOTT. _Oliver Wolcott._
Armorial. Jacobean. No motto. Of Connecticut.
Signer of the Declaration.
954. WOOD. _Joseph Wood._
Armorial. Chippendale. No motto. Of Pennsylvania.
Colonel in Revolutionary Army.
955. WOODBRIDGE. _Wm. Woodbridge._
A plain name-label, with the name and the motto,
_Wisely for_ PLEASURE _and for_ PROFIT _read:
thus hold high_ CONVERSE _with the_ MIGHTY
_dead_, enclosed within a border of ornamental type.
Of Connecticut. Statesman and jurist.
956. WORCESTER. _The Property of the Worcester Circulating
Library Company._
_First Cost.... Fine for detention ---- per day._
Enclosed in a woodcut border; a coin showing a
monarch with the wreath of victory on his head,
above. Very likely to have been printed by Isaiah
Thomas.
957. WORMELEY. _Ralph Wormeley of Rosegill._
Armorial. No crest. Chippendale. Motto, _Nunc
mihi nunc alii_. Books used in the ornamentation.
Of Virginia.
958. WORMELEY. _Ralph Wormeley of Rosegill._
Armorial. Same arms as above. Chippendale.
Motto-ribbon empty. No crest. Not the same
plate as the preceding.
959. WRIGHT. _James Wright Esqr._
Armorial. Chippendale. No motto. Last Royal
Governor of Georgia.
960. WYNKOOP. _Augustus Wynkoop._
Armorial. Supporters, bacchantes with bottles in
hands and wine-cups held aloft, with scant covering
to their bodies. On the shield, beside a cask, an
old man holds a glass before a young boy, evidently
in warning; a grape-vine grows near by. An eagle
for crest spreads his wings over the mantling. The
supporters stand upon the name-frame. Of New
York.
961. WYNKOOP. _C. C. Wynkoop._
Same arms as the above. Of New York.
962. WYNKOOP. _Peter Wynkoop._
Same arms as the above. Supporters are now
hideous boys. No motto on the motto-ribbon,
upon which the boys stand. Of New York. Illustrated
in “Curio,” page 17.
963. WYTHE. _George Wythe, Virginia._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Secundis dubisque
rectus_. Of Virginia. Signer of the Declaration.
964. YALE COLLEGE. _The Property of the Brothers in Unity,
Yale College._
Allegorical. Bordered by an oblong frame, the
name is given in the centre of the design, with this
verse below,
_Friendship and Science thus combine
To aid and honour our design:
With us unite an equal claim,
And share alike the social name._
Above, on a ribbon bearing the motto, _E parvis oriunter magna_, two
grinning females mutually support a circular frame, in which the crowd
of Brothers is seen walking bareheaded under a powerful sun. _Omnes in
uno concordia_ is on the frame. The supporters doubtless depict
Friendship and Science. A pile of books between them completes the
inventory. Signed, _Wm. Taylor Deln. A. Doolittle Sculpt._
965. YALE COLLEGE. _Brothers in Unity._
Allegorical. Under the name the following lines are given:--
_Hermes eloquio potens recludit
Fontes, ecce, suos: et ampliora
Vena Pierii fluunt liquores:
Atque arces reserat suas Minerva._
Above is a delightful engraving. Minerva helmeted and robed but without
the spear, attended by Hermes, calls the attention of the approaching
group of young men to the pile of books on the ground before them, and
also to Demosthenes, who on the near-by sea-shore is declaiming
vociferously to the rolling waves. Signed, _E. Tisdale Del. S. S.
Jocelyn Sc._
966. YALE COLLEGE. _Brothers in Unity._
Allegorical. Beneath the name, which supports itself in mid-air, Minerva
(?) is seated, and is directing the efforts of two cherubs who are at
work on geographical and architectural problems, as evidenced by the
globe and capital before which each bends; to them comes a third cherub,
and, alighting on the capital before one of the cherubs, holds out a
scroll on which is written ΑΛΗΘΕΙΑ. The goddess calls the attention of
the other cherub to this message. Architectural features abound in the
distance. Signed, _O. Pelton. Sc._
967. YALE COLLEGE. _This book belongs to the Linonian Meeting._
A view of the college chapel and one of the halls is shown within a loop
of a ribbon which runs across the top of the plate; on the ribbon,
_Concordia societatis nostra vinculum est_. Two clasped hands below the
name are enclosed by a ribbon, on which is the word, Amicitia. Rude
quirks and flourishes are introduced, and the whole appearance of the
plate is rough.
968. YALE COLLEGE. _Linonian Library, Yale College._
Allegorical. In the immediate foreground a youth, with some uncertainty
in his air, submits to be led by the hand of Minerva, who turns to cheer
him, and points to the temple of Fame crowning the summit of the hill,
up whose tortuous sides the path they are pursuing leads; Father Time,
with discouraged mien, head resting on his hand, sits upon the globe
amid the ruin of architectural fragments, grasping his faithful scythe
in the right hand; the temple of Fame is surmounted by an angel, who is
blowing mightily on the trumpet of the goddess who presides over the
shrine; the word _Immortalitas_ is inscribed across the entablature;
just over the youth and Minerva, in a cloudy swirl, three cherubs hold
aloft a sheepskin, on which is seen _LINONIA Sept. 12. 1753. Quiescit in
perfecto_. Above all this a heart-shaped shield is divided into five
parts, which hold a pelican in her piety, a book-case, a dove on the
olive branch, the phœnix rising from the fire, and a puppy dog, whose
meaning is uncertain. Scrolls about the shield bear the motto, _Amicitia
concordia soli noscimus_. A cherub’s face peers over the shield. Signed,
_Doolittle Sc. 1802_.
969. YALE COLLEGE. _Presented to the Linonian Society by...._
Allegorical. The name is on a curtain draped beneath the picture of the
advancing Minerva, who, helmeted, robed, and with spear in hand, is seen
approaching, and apparently speaking as she comes; behind her, seated by
a pile of books, an attendant maid reclines against an urn of flowers,
and with a sun-glass draws the rays of the sun into strong focus upon a
scroll which brings into plain sight the word _Yale_. Signed, _G.
Fairman_.
970. YALE COLLEGE. _Moral Library Yale College._