An original 18th-century antique print featuring the magnificent Coat of Arms / Family Crest for the Earl of Carlisle. This piece is produced via a crisp intaglio printing process, showing distinct ink lines and incredible fine stippling detail throughout the heraldic imagery and elaborate calligraphy swashes. Paper is in incredibly good condition and may not have been handled or exposed to light until it was professionally framed.

Calligraphy Text: "The Right Honourable Frederick Howard Earl of Carlisle, Viscount Howard of Morpeth, and Baron Dacres of Gillesland."

Shield Lineage Quarters Index:

Howard

Brotherton

Warren

Mowbray

Dacres

Greystock

Motto:"Volo Non Valeo" (I am willing, but not able)

Professionally framed by Academy Arts (Chicago, IL) (tag on the reverse backing). Label Details: Academy Arts Frame Style No. 6894-SIL/BRN/T.H., explicitly cataloged under the subject "Hand-Colored Crests".

Dimensions: The outer frame measures 22" x 16". The internal print dimensions listed on the tag are 12" x 18".

Housed in an elegant, tiered silver-gilt decorative wood frame characteristic of the 1970s era. The structural integrity is excellent, and it arrives completely wall-ready.