SHIELD

Creator(s): Theodore Ramos (Painter)

On view in: Massage Room

About this object

The Post coat of arms. Within a painted oval is the Post shield in a fanciful setting with a nymph at the right holding a long cornucopia full of fruit and a sickle. There are three winged putti flying above holding flower garlands against a blue sky. Below the shield is fruit, wheat stalks and a banderole with IN ME MEA SPES OMNIS written on it. Th coat of arms shows two arches in the upper third, a lion facing to the left with a circle on each side ot it in the middle third, and an arch in the bottom third. Below the oval is the word POST.

Object name:

SHIELD

Made from:

Oil on panel

Made in:

London, England

Date made:

1958

Size:

Framed: 11 × 9 1/4 in. (27.9 × 23.5 cm) Unframed: 8 3/8 × 6 5/8 in. (21.3 × 16.8 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

51.138.1

Class:

PAINTING

Signature marks:

COAT OF ARMS on shield: Post coat of arms

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973