The History of Signboards, from the Earliest times to the Present DayHotten, John Camden
History
The History of Signboards, from the Earliest times to the Present Day
Hotten, John Camden
Inn signs -- England -- History; Signs and signboards -- History
the Moon, 2 Marlborough Arms, 6 Marlborough Heads, 18 Marquis of
Granbys, 6 Marquis of Cornwallises, 14 various Marquises, 9 Masons’
Arms, 17 Mitres, 4 Mulberry-trees, 15 Nag’s Heads, 3 Nell Gwynns, 7
Noah’s Arks, 7 Norfolk Arms, 4 North Poles, 9 Northumberland Arms, 3 Old
Parr’s Heads, 6 Olive Branches, 6 Oxford Arms, 10 Peacocks, (1 Peahen,)
5 Perseverances, 5 Pewter Platters, 10 Phœnixes, 3 Pied Bulls, 5 Pine
Apples, 9 Pitt’s Heads, 15 Ploughs, 6 Portland Arms, 5 Portman Arms, 19
Prince Alberts, 5 Prince Alfreds, 3 Prince Arthurs, 15 other Princes,
(mostly of the Royal Family,) 43 Princes of Wales, 12 Prince Regents, 6
Princess Royals, 3 Princess Victorias, and a few of the younger
Princesses, 2 Punchbowls, 3 Queens, 3 Queen and Prince Alberts, 17
Queen Victorias, 23 Queen’s Arms, 49 Queen’s Heads, 8 Railway Taverns, 8
Red Cows, 4 Red Crosses, 73 Red Lions, 26 Rising Suns, 9 Robin Hoods, 5
Rodney Heads, 10 Roebucks, 14 Roses, 48 Rose and Crowns, 4 Royal
Alberts, 28 various Royal personages and objects, as Champions,
Cricketers, Crowns, Dukes, Forts, &c., 8 Royal Georges, 26 Royal Oaks,
13 Royal Standards, 7 Running Horses, 23 Saints, (3 Saint Andrews, 4 St
Georges, 3 St Jameses, 3 St Johns, 2 St Luke’s Heads, 2 St Martins, 2 St
Pauls, &c.,) 5 Salisbury Arms, 2 Salmons, 4 Salutations, 6 Scotch
Stores, 4 Seven Stars, 8 Shakespeare Heads, 2 Shepherds and Flocks, 2
Shepherds and Shepherdesses, 53 Ships, (23 in combination, on launch,
aground, &c.,) 3 Ship and Stars, 2 Ships and Whales, 19 Sirs, (including
4 Falstaffs, Sir John Barleycorn, Middleton, Newton, Wren, Abercrombie,
Pindar, Peel, Raleigh, Walworth, &c.,) 5 Skinners’ Arms, 4 Southampton
Arms, 4 Sportsmen, 3 Spotted Dogs, 14 Spread Eagles, 3 Stags, 3
Staghounds, 11 Stars, 17 Star and Garters, 8 Sugar-loaves, 19 Suns, 19
Swans, 9 Talbots, 4 Telegraphs, 3 Thatched Houses, 5 Thistles and
Crowns, 21 Three Compasses, 8 Three Crowns, 3 Three Cranes, 3 Three
Cups, 3 Three Kings, 19 Three Tuns, 8 Tigers, (1 Tiger Cat,) 10 Turk’s
Heads, 28 Two Brewers, 5 Two Chairmen, 4 Unicorns, 10 Unions, 2 Union
Flags, 11 Victories, 5 Vines, 3 Waggon and Horses, 10 Watermen’s Arms, 9
Weavers’ Arms, 3 Westminster Arms, 20 Wheat Sheaves, 15 White Bears, 63
White Harts, 44 White Horses, 25 White Lions, 35 White Swans, 3
Whittington and Cats, (1 Whittington and Stone,) 16 William the Fourths,
11 Windmills, 12 Windsor Castles, 4 Woodmen, 8 Woolpacks, 10 York Arms
and York Minster, 12 Yorkshire Greys.
[1] Sir Gardiner Wilkinson’s Ancient Egyptians, vol. iii. p. 158. Also,
Rosellini Monumenti dell’Egitto e della Nubia.
[2] Aristotle, Problematum x. 14: “As with the things drawn above the
shops, which, though they are small, appear to have breadth and depth.”
[3] “He hung the well-known sign in the front of his house.”
[4] Hearne, Antiq. Disc., i. 39.
[5] “When the mice were conquered by the army of the weasels, (a story
which we see painted on the taverns.)”
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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