A new Coat of Arms, , granted to the h**ds of the U********y of C*******e, since their late edict against dinners

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A new Coat of Arms, , granted to the h**ds of the U********y of C*******e, since their late edict against dinners
[London] : [pubisher not identified], 14 February 1786
Peel 1541
Published: 
[London] : [pubisher not identified], 14 February 1786.
Provenance: 
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Inscription: 

Lower left corner of border, in pencil: 283 Right side of lower edge, in pencil: BM 7016. 4 inches from bottom on left side, in pencil: James Bearblock in:.

Notes: 

Design attributed to John Weller Poley (died 1799), of Boxted Hall, Suffolk, a fellow of Queens' College. Cf. Curator's comments,1868,0808.5473 (BM Satires 7016), British Museum online catalog.
See British Museum Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires, no. 7016, for another version of this design etched by James Bretherton.
Watermark: Unknown.
Page 5 and 5a-Page 5 is not numbered correctly, possibly misplaced

Summary: 

Print shows a satirical coat of arms for Cambridge University, a description being engraved beneath the title: "Arms Quarterly, first Azure, a Mitre and Fools Cap transverse ways, second, Sable, an Inn shut up, Third, Gules, Caput Universale, on an Asses head, proper, fourth, Argent, A Book entitled Excerpta e statutis, Supporters, Two Cooks weeping, Crest, A Hand holding a Roll of Paper, Motto, Impransi, Juvenes Disquirite".

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Century: 
18th century
Classification: 
Print
Department: 
Drawings and Prints