[167.] Macaulay, quoted by Larwood, mentioned that on all sides painters were touching up Admiral Vernon into K. of P. Frederick the Great, the hero of Rosbach.
[168.] The Czar Peter after his day's work resorted to a public-house in Great Tower Street, the sign was altered in his honour to the Czar of Muscovy Head. (Barrow's Life of Peter the Great.)
[169.] Dutch Graaf—i.e. Count. Probably Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, popular in this country on account of his opposition to the Spaniards in the Netherlands. (Larwood.)
[170.] Smoker. This sign painted by Miss Leighton alludes to a racehorse the property of Lord de Tabley.
[171.] Ostler. Sometimes spelt Hostler, derived from French hostelier, hôtelier; has lost its original meaning of the 'landlord.'
[172.] This inn commemorates a famous foxhound, 1762, whose exploits are set forth on the sign board.
[173.] Larwood mentioned this a sign of some antiquity. A birdbolt was an ancient implement for shooting at birds.
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