"[Heraldry] The Right Honourable William Talbot, Earl Talbot, and Baron Talbot of Hensol", Edmondson, Joseph

This beautiful folio page presents the heraldry of Welshman William Talbot (1710 - 1782). He was the Bishop of Oxford, of Salisbury and of Durham and also served as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain from 1733 to 1737. This coat of arms features on the crest a yellow lion with two silver dogs as supporters of the arms. The motto Humani Nihil Alienum, in a ribbon across the bottom, translates from Latin to "Nothing concerning humanity is alien to me." Plate number 302 is at upper right. On a full 13.8 x 20.7" sheet.

This engraving is from Joseph Edmondson’s huge five volume "Baronagium Genealogium, or the Pedigrees of the English Peers deduced from earliest times" which is considered as one of the most beautifully illustrated and comprehensive records of 18th century Heraldry. Some of Europe’s finest artists were hired to engrave these coats-of-arms of notables of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. Edmondson started as a coach painter, but his fine artistic talent for painting coats-of-armor on carriages soon developed into separate work from English nobility. This led him to a serious study of heraldry and genealogy, and in 1764, the College of Arms named him Mowbray herald extraordinary.

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Condition: B+

Light overall foxing, more in margins. Beautiful original color, dark impression on thick paper with very wide margins. Fabulous original silver color on the dogs. Old ink price along edge at lower left.