Mother Louse, David Loggan, 1650-1672 (circa)

Portrait of an innkeeper known as 'mother louse'; an old woman with pointed chin, smiling, almost three-quarter length, directed to right, wearing bonnet, tall conical hat, ruff and apron, a jug in her right hand by her side, a tankard in her left, held out; landscape in the distance beyond, at right, her inn, lettered 'louse hall', a famous establishment outside the city of oxford; fanciful coat of arms at top right: three lice surmounted by a tankard, motto on banner underneath, 'three liese pas-sant'. 1672; a re-issue of an earlier plate engraving with etching. Date: 1650-1672 (circa). Dimensions: Height:252 mm Width:185 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Mother Louse. Collection: British Museum. Mother Louse (BM 1848,0911.483)