. Heraldry, historical and popular . No. 568. The Garter-Plate of Prince Williaji, the son of Queen Anxe andPrince George of Denmark, marshals in pretence a Shield ofDenmark proper only, without any quarterings : and, accordingly,this Garter-Plate, as far as it may be accepted as an authority,.sanctions the presence of the Shield of Denmark as I have mar-shalled it, without the other quarterings borne on his RoyalShield by the King of Denmark himself; it must be admitted, at OF ENGLAND. 329 the same time, that this Garter-Plate in like manner affords aprecedent for charging Saxony in pretence
. Heraldry, historical and popular . No. 568. The Garter-Plate of Prince Williaji, the son of Queen Anxe andPrince George of Denmark, marshals in pretence a Shield ofDenmark proper only, without any quarterings : and, accordingly,this Garter-Plate, as far as it may be accepted as an authority,.sanctions the presence of the Shield of Denmark as I have mar-shalled it, without the other quarterings borne on his RoyalShield by the King of Denmark himself; it must be admitted, at OF ENGLAND. 329 the same time, that this Garter-Plate in like manner affords aprecedent for charging Saxony in pretence upon the Arms of thePrince, as in No. 568. 4. To the great interest naturally felt in the annorial insigniaof the Prince and Princess of Wales, I am indebted for manyvaluable and gratifying communications having reference to theArms of their Koyal Highnesses; but I am not able to adduceany example of a Shield of the Prince of Wales, marshalled hij. No. 718.—Design for Marshalling the Anns of the Prince of Wales, authority with all its quarterings. My otvti quartered Shields, Ineed scarcely add, are merely suggestions—suggestions, however,based upon early precedent, and aspiring to be faithful expres-sions of Historical Heraldry. In order more fiilly to exemplifyto Students of Heraldry the suggestive as well as the directlyhistorical character of the Armorial Ensigns of the Prince ofWales, I now add one or two other compositions as heraldicstudies. No. 718 marshals the Arms of the Prince of Wales 330 THIi ROYAL HERALDRY differenced with his own Label quarterly with Saxony. That is,it represents the Prince as the Eldest Son and Heir of the Queenand of the late Prince Consort. In this Shield, Saxony appearsalone in the 2nd and 3rd quarters, because the differencedArms borne by the late Prince Consort in the 1st and 4thquarters of his own Shield may claim to have been in a peculiarsense personal to himself alone. The Escutc
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