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This Lincolnshire signboard was captured on film in 1988. The word Albion is a poetic name for Great Britain and is thought to derive from the Latin 'Albus' or 'White.' This Roman term arose from the whiteness of the cliffs on Britain's southern coast and was almost certainly applied during the invasion and conquest of AD43. Some Albion signs follow the tradition of illustrating a ship of that name. There was a famous HMS Albion, a ninety gun frigate which was built in Cornwall. The term Albion is famously remembered in the phrase 'perfidious Albion', which came into common use during the Napoleonic Wars though was first recorded in a poem of 1793 by Augustin, Marquis of Ximenez.
Date: 1988 Source: 6"x4" Photo

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