Fictitious & symbolic creatures in art with special reference to their use in British heraldry / by John Vinycomb.

  • John Vinycomb
Date:
1906
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Credit: Fictitious & symbolic creatures in art with special reference to their use in British heraldry / by John Vinycomb. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The crest of Sir H. Delves Broughton.—A sea- dog's head gules, eared and finned argent. The Sea-bull, Sea- wolf, Sea-bear, Sea-cat, Sea-dragon, etc., when they occur in heraldry, are all depicted as having the anterior portions of their bodies in the forms which their several names denote ; but, like the sea-lion and sea-horse, they have fishes tails and webbed paws. In conclusion, having, as tar as possible, given the raison d'etre of each, and traced the life-history and characteristics of the many strange and fantastic creatures in our symbolic mena- gerie, it only remains to express the hope that the information contained in this volume may be found both interesting and useful, as without some such knowledge there can be little or no intelligent under- standing of the proper treatment of the forms of these mythical and symbolic beings. The suggestive illustrations, while giving the recognised forms of each, leaves to the artist free scope to adopt his own style of art treatment, whether purely heraldic or merely decorative. Sea-dog rampant. Printed by Ballantyne Co. Limited Tavistock Street, London
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