Armorial. The shield canted to one side, surmounted by the helmet; it and the mantling is enclosed within a circular ribbon, on which the motto, Clibor ne sceame, is given. A second ribbon over the design bears the motto, Virtute invidiam vincas. Signed, Jarrett London.
[170.] Cleveland. Stephen Cleveland.
Pictorial. A very unusual plate: a full-rigged British man-of-war, with ten guns peering from the loop-holes, is hastening from the observer; the English ensign flies from the stern. A very spirited piece of work. It is said that his commission as Captain in our Navy just after the Declaration was the first one issued. Born in Connecticut, 1740, died in Massachusetts, 1801.
[171.] Clinton. De Witt Clinton.
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, Patria cara carior libertas. Signed, P. R. Maverick. sculpt. Governor of New York, 1817-1822, and 1824-1827. Illustrated in “Art Amateur,” February, 1894.
[172.] Cock. William Cock.
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, Quod fieri non vis alteri ne fueris. Signed, Maverick Sculpt. The tinctures in the crest—which looks like a leghorn—are indicated by the words, gules and or, engraved outside, and connected with the parts thus tinctured by dotted lines,—a new method. Of New York. Illustrated in “Art Amateur,” March, 1894.
[173.] Coffin. Coffin arms: name erased.
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, Post tenebras speramus lumen de lumine. Signed, J. Akin Sculp. The name N. W. Coffin is written upon the copy at hand. The arms are of the family of Sir Isaac Coffin, who was born in Boston, 1759.
[174.] Coffin. Hector Coffin.