Letterhead for Blundell's School, Tiverton, William Hogarth, between 1726 and 1728

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. "; amended state with date changed to 'wednesday the 1st. Day of septembr. ' and the list of stewards altered. 1726; this state printed 1728 etching and engraving. Date: between 1726 and 1728. Dimensions: Height: 215 mm; Width: 156 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: William Rayner. Collection: British Museum. Letterhead for Blundell's School, Tiverton (BM 1842,0806.404)