Letterhead for Blundell's School, Tiverton, William Hogarth, 1726

Invitation to a dinner for former pupils of william rayner at blundell's school, tiverton, with a vignette showing, on the left, small boys reading and, on the right, in front of a bookcase, minerva pointing a boy towards the school while another boy assists mercury to water a tree growing a pot. The frame around the vignette is topped by a fountain referring to the motto, "in patriam populumque fluxit"; another motto, "utrique unus et ex uno stemmate surgis honos", on a ribbon below. The invitation engraved below with the names of eight stewards, and the price of the dinner, "10s. 6d. " 1726 etching and engraving. Date: 1726. Dimensions: Height: 220 mm; Width: 156 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: William Rayner. Collection: British Museum. Letterhead for Blundell's School, Tiverton (BM 1868,0822.1633)