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Joseph McMillan
 
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12 August 2012 10:00
 

I’m working on a somewhat strange addition to the presidential series.  This is my emblazonment of a coat of arms, a print of which hangs in Woodrow Wilson’s office in his post-presidential house in Washington.  When I was there a while back, I confirmed with the staff that it was there in his time.  There is no evidence that I’ve been able to find that he ever made any other use of the arms, and they are in fact not his but those of the Wilson baronets of Eastbourne, Sussex, apparently totally unrelated although there are many other Wilsons who bear similar coats with wolves either rampant or salient and three estoiles or mullets.

Anyway, for what it’s worth.

 

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13 August 2012 02:35
 

I’ll bet it was a gift from some acquaintance who fell for the ol’ bucketshop

 
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13 August 2012 04:26
 

Very nice emblazonment Joe! smile

 
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13 August 2012 08:11
 

Jeffrey Boyd Garrison;95232 wrote:

Very nice emblazonment Joe! smile


Thanks very much.  Other than the somewhat leonine paws, I was very happy with the wolfishness of the wolf.

 
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13 August 2012 09:48
 

Very nice illustration and a very interesting anecdote about how our presidents are just like most of us.

 
 
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13 August 2012 12:57
 

I meant to add that Edith Wilson had hanging in her bedroom an embroidery of the arms of Bolling, her paternal ancestors:  "Sable an inescutcheon Ermine within an orle of eight martlets Argent."

http://www.americanheraldry.org/pages/uploads/Roll/bolling.gif

 

Edith was the 5 x great-granddaughter of Colonel Robert Bolling of Kippax (1646-1709), member of the House of Burgesses, who bore these arms.

 
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13 August 2012 17:21
 

Joseph McMillan;95237 wrote:

Thanks very much.  Other than the somewhat leonine paws, I was very happy with the wolfishness of the wolf.


Well, I like the shading in particular… just subtle enough to be unobtrusive and gives a bit of "life" to the charge.

 
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14 August 2012 22:09
 

Nice artwork, however questionable the ownership may be…

 
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15 August 2012 00:25
 

Joseph McMillan;95237 wrote:

Other than the somewhat leonine paws

They are pretty fine, leonine just enough to be properly heraldic smile