Letter from Robert A. Johnson, Royal Mint, to Edward Carter Preston, 1 February 1923 Letters 1916-1923 Robert A. Johnson

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 Liverpool Record Office Edward Carter Preston Collection, 730 PRE 4/7/4 https://letters1916.ie/item/5957 English Robert A. Johnson 1923-02-01 Edward Carter Preston Liverpool, England Male Industry and Public Administration

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 730 PRE 4/7/4 1st February, 1923 Dear Carter Preston, Yours of the 31st ult. re Great Seal for Northern Ireland. The instructions are the Royal Arms with a scocheon of the arms of Ulster, which are a golden shield with a red cross. We do not know at present whether the harp of Ireland is to come out of the Royal Arms or not, but unless and until an order to that effect is received, of course it remains in. It is not essential that the scocheon should be above the Royal Arms, that is rather a matter for the artist to decide, but no doubt our heraldic experts would claim that it should be shown like the old shields of Pretence were, i.e. tacked on to the middle of the Royal Arms, and therefore obliterating part of them. As regards the King's clothing, I do not suppose His Majesty would care to appear naked on horseback, but, for the rest, we should like the artist to show him as he thinks he would appear best. Personally I cannot imagine anything more awful than the portrait of His Majestsy in naval uniform, on the deck of a naval battleship Carter Preston Esq. battleship, as it appears on the present Counterseal tothe Great Seal for England, and I am sure my Committeeagree with me. As to what the King's own views may be,we shall only know thta when he has seen the artists'models. My own view is that he would probably not beappropiate as a Roman senator, or an ancient Briton, andthta the safest plan would be to put him in militaryuniform, carefully disguised by a cloak with a cocked hat,which, like the monument to the Prince Consort in Holborn,he might be holding in his right hand. However, as I say,this is just the sort of point on which we invite the artist'sideas. Believe me, Yours sincerely,Robert A. Johnson. Liverpool, England Letter from the Chief Secretary’s Office to Francis Caldwell, 3 August 1916Letter from Francis Caldwell, Head Constable, Liverpool, to the Officer Commanding the Irish National Volunteers, Dublin, 31 March 1916Postcard from Tomás Ó hÓgáin to Piaras Béaslaí, March 1916Postcard from Tomás Ó hÓgáin to Piaras Béaslaí in February 1916Letter from Robert A. Johnson, Royal Mint, to Edward Carter Preston, 1 February 1923Letter from Alfred Woods to John Ritchie's secretary, 12 May 1919 Robert A. Johnson Letter from Robert A. Johnson, Royal Mint to Edward Carter Preston, 20 January 1923Letter from Robert A. Johnson, Royal Mint, to Edward Carter Preston, 25 January 1923Letter from Robert A. Johnson, Royal Mint, to Edward Carter Preston, 30 January 1923Letter from Robert A. Johnson, Royal Mint, to Edward Carter Preston, 1 February 1923Letter from Robert A. Johnson, Royal Mint, to Edward Carter Preston, 19 April 1923