Some personal arms of US citizens

 
Marcus K
 
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20 March 2008 07:18
 

From the Book Alverdens Heraldik i Farver by Carl Alexander von Volborth some arms of US citizens:

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Arms of the actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

 

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Arms of Charles Edgar Hires, Bryn Mawr, PA. Devised by the College of Arms.

 
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20 March 2008 13:22
 

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Arms of Lorenzo Simmons Winslow, Washington D.C. These are also devised by the College of Arms.

 
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20 March 2008 13:57
 

cool. thanks.

 
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21 March 2008 20:09
 

Very nice!  :cool:

 
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23 March 2008 11:21
 

Might I suggest that arms such as these be collected and stored in an armorial.  This is the kind of stuff that future searchers and surfers may find usefull and interesting.  I certainly don’t think that we need to go into the level of detail involved with the Presidential Series, or the Signers Series.  Simply store the image and create a link to an alphabetical list of names.

 
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03 April 2008 06:24
 

Well that sounds like a good proposal, here are some new arms this time granted by the Chief Herald of Ireland:

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Joseph Robert Carroll, Toledo, OH.

 

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Bishop McCauley, Silverspring, MD.

 
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12 April 2008 17:20
 

Wow,

I am interested to see that Mr. Carroll is/was from Toledo.  I am disappointed that I have never heard of the man.  Apparently he was an author and expert on Liturgical Music and Gregorian Chant.

 
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13 April 2008 02:45
 

as always, i am a HUGE fan of irish heraldry and it is nice to see it. 8)

 
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14 April 2008 21:26
 

Be sure to acknowledge the artist each time you show his work (which is likely still under copyright in any case)

 
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15 April 2008 00:08
 

Always a good point Mike!

As to the Irish ones I really like the treatment of both. The border differencing for O’Carroll, which incorporates the base arms of O’Carroll Ely, not O’Carroll Oriel, and the refreshing take on the Scottish MacAulay arms, as these clearly are and clearly are not for either native-Irish MacAuley, or MacAlwey, arms are very well done and just fine work indeed.

 

Isn’t the artist von Volbroth? Or are these just in his works?

 
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15 April 2008 06:09
 

Quote:

Be sure to acknowledge the artist each time you show his work (which is likely still under copyright in any case)

 


Ugggh!!! I wasn’t thinking.:oops:

 
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24 April 2008 20:52
 

The artist IIRC is Carl von Volborth, who I believe is still living and working—an excellent artist!

 
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25 August 2008 17:46
 

Yes von Volborth is the artist to all the previous arms shown.

 

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The Arms of Winthrop Williams Aldrich (1885-1974), he was the U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James’s 1953-1957. As a Honourary Kinght Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (the insignia which is shown attatched to the Shield) he was entitled to Supporters, and chose the Bald Eagle of the USA and the Lion of the United Kingdom. The arms was devised in 1956 by the College of Arms. Unfortunatly I had not written down who the artist is.

 
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25 August 2008 17:48
 

Michael F. McCartney;57725 wrote:

The artist IIRC is Carl von Volborth, who I believe is still living and working—an excellent artist!

He is indeed- I was corresponding with him some months ago.

 
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25 August 2008 22:14
 

Marcus K;62693 wrote:

The Arms of Winthrop Williams Aldrich . . .


Where did you find this illustration?

 
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26 August 2008 00:24
 

I really like this image of the arms of Mr. Winthrop Williams Aldrich.

What is the animal on the fess, a bison?

 

Also, I like the bald eagle supporter, it has a very Georgian/Victorian old-timey look to it, very stylized….

 

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