A George VI Polychrome Painted Card Coronation Coat of Arms c.1936

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A George VI Polychrome Painted Card Coronation Coat of Arms c.1936Origin: English Period: George VI Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1936 Width: 38. 5 Height: 31 Depth: 1. 25 The very decorative and large early twentieth century period polychrome painted armorial on thick moulded and pressed card, with a cornflower blue ground, showing the Royal Coat of Arms with unicorn and lion, GRvi 1936, and Latin Honi soit qui mal y pense and Dieu et mon droit in gold and red, referring to the divine right of the Monarch to govern,

the two plank seat worn further showing green

Arnold Bocklin (1827-1901)

having near period brass drop handles and later feet

Both he and his wife Mary had trained at the Slade School of Fine Art in London and this picture was part of their privately owned collection

providing an important link between the River Thames at Oxford and Coventry in the English Midlands

There is a reassuring stamp verso for G

with the armorial device between the dragons representing the families heraldry

remaining un-cleaned or un-tampered with

He was always asking the other animals for food

You can still see the remnants of stage blue and pink makeup on his face

the frieze further decorated with winged cherubic masks

wash house