2848 x 4288 px | 24,1 x 36,3 cm | 9,5 x 14,3 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
1 giugno 2014
Ubicazione:
Kew Gardens, London, UK
Altre informazioni:
Two adjacent notices read: "The Queen's Beasts / Each of these ten beasts was once used as an heraldic / badge by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II's forbears / and together they symbolise the various strands of the / royal ancestry. The plaster originals were made by Mr. / James Woodford O.B.E., R.A. and placed in front of / Westminster Abbey annexe for the coronation of Her / Majesty in 1953. These replicas in Portland stone are / by the same sculptor and were presented in 1956 by / an anonymous donor." and "The Unicorn of Scotland / From the end of the 16th century, two unicorns were / adopted as the supporters of the Scottish Royal Arms. / In 1603, the crown of England passed to James VI of / Scotland, who then became James I of England. He took / as supporters of his Royal Arms a crowned lion of England / and one of his Scottish unicorns. The unicorn holds a / shield showing a lion ramping in a royal tressure / (a double frame), adorned with fleur-de-lis."
