Beschrijving
London, William Pickering, 1821, 10+116+36 pages with many hand coloured plates of coats of arms, hardback in linnen binding, some staining and fading to front and back. Bookplates of Reverand H. Campbell, Robert Innes-Smith (author on heraldry) and Daniel de Bruin. Thomas Willement (18 July 1786-10 March 1871) was an English stained glass artist, called ’the Father of Victorian Stained Glass’, active from 1811 to 1865 .He had been the armorial painter to George IV (reigned 1820-1830) and became, by Royal Patent, ‘Artist in Stained Glass’ to Queen Victoria, making much armorial glass for St George's Chapel, Windsor, and restoring the ancient windows there. In 1851 he was one of the 25 stained glass artists who exhibited at the Crystal Palace Exhibition. In 1846-1847, Willement made eight stained glass windows with heraldic designs for St Michael and All Angels Church, Badminton (wikipedia).