Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 218
gle, had also hismany admirers among the carvers of old Lon-don signs. There are indeed many eagles, andsome makers of sign-boards were not contentuntil they had placed two heads on the neckof one bird. The eagle was used as a signover the shops of booksellers. There was TheBlack Spread Eagle in… … THE COCK. THE SIGN OVER A PUBLIC HOUSEIMMORTALIZED BY TENNYSON. hung for a sign in St. Pauls Churchyard. Thespread eagle here given is carved in stone, andhas on it the initials R. M. and the date 206 THE SIGNS OF OLD LONDON. [Jan. 1669. There is much evidence to support thebelief that this sign…
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