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.
[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.