Armorial. Jacobean. Motto, _Non reverter invitus_. Signed, _N. Hurd_. Some copies are dated _1751_ in mss. A very handsome plate in which the arms are placed against a diapered background, enclosed by ornamental scroll-work, set off at the bottom by a spirited scene in which a ship under full sail hastens from view. At the upper part of the frame two grotesque female faces peer at each other from across the space in which the crest is given. In the steeple of Christ Church, Boston, in which the lanterns of Paul Revere were hung, a chime of eight bells, made by Abel Rudhall of Gloucester, England, was placed in 1744; each bell bears an inscription; on the sixth we read that the subscriptions for these bells was completed by Robert Jenkins and John Gould, Church Wardens, Anno 1744. 430. JOHNSON. (Anonymous.) Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Deo regique debeo_. The shield rests upon an elaborately carved pedestal, on which the supporters, American Indians, stand. This is very probably the plate of Sir William Johnson, nephew of Admiral Sir Peter Warren, and colonial agent of George II. for the control of Indian affairs in the colony of New York (1756). Still, the plate seems hardly old enough to have been his, and may have been his son’s. Only one copy is known to the writer. 431. JOHNSON. _John I. Johnson._ Pictorial. A cherub coming down on the clouds carries a curtain before him, spread out, and on this the name is given. A brick wall frames the oval which holds the picture. Signed, _Maverick. St._ 432. JOHNSON. _Thomas Johnson._ Armorial. Chippendale; rather wild. No motto. The design is supported upon four short columns which rest upon a large shell. Query: Is this an early effort of Hurd’s (as it resembles his work), or is it the work and plate of Johnson, the engraver and herald painter? 433. JOHNSON. _W. L. Johnson._ Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Per aspera ad astra_. Of South Carolina. [Illustration: William Jauncey] 434. JOHNSON. _Wm. S. Johnson of Connecticut Esqr._ Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Per aspera ad astra_. Born in Connecticut. Distinguished jurist and scholar. Delegate to Congress, 1765; agent of Connecticut in England, 1766-1771. 435. JOHNSON. _Wm. S. Johnson LL.D._ The same plate as the above with the inscription altered. President of Columbia College, 1787-1801. 436. JOHNSTON. _Johnston._ Armorial. Book-pile. Motto, _Nunquam non paratus_. This is in the conventional book-pile style, and is the only example we have of this peculiar arrangement of books. The volumes are piled in three tiers about an open scroll which is suspended in the centre and which bears the arms. On the copy before me the letter _G_ is written before the name. Of Maryland. 437. JOHNSTON. _John Johnston._ Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Nunquam non paratus_. Signed, _Maverick Sculpt._ Not so striking as the Thomas Johnston. 438. JOHNSTON. _Robert Johnston._ Armorial. Of Turkey Island. 439. JOHNSTON. _Thomas Johnston._