Heraldic artist : Dan Escott
Posted: 13 Mar 2017, 17:39
Continuing the intermittent series of heraldic artist galleries ...
Dan Escott (1928-87) was an English artist and illustrator. He worked at the College of Arms, before moving into advertising and magazine illustration. In 1967-68, he worked at the US Army's Institute of Heraldry, so he had some influence in the USA too. It was Escott's heraldic art and articles in Look and Learn magazine that got me interested in heraldry.
Here are a few examples, from Look and Learn. :
Some, like arms of the Worshipful Company of Merchant Mariners, from a series on 'The Guilds of London' (1967-68), were conventional representations.
His series on 'Royal Beasts' (1967) showed heraldic beasts associated with the various royal families, supporting shields and banners. Here 'The White Lion of Mortimer' holds a banner of the Mortimer arms and a shield of the arms of Richard, Earl of Cambridge (d 1415) impaling those of his wife Anne Mortimer.
A 1971 interpretation of King Henry V wearing his (literal) coat of arms. Note the Order of the Garter below his left knee.
He sometimes did more elaborate paintings such as this one, 'Banners into Battle', showing the arms of King Edward IV and various nobles and knights.
Many of Dan Escott's magazine illustrations were full-page size and are too large to post here. If you'd like to see more of his heraldic (and other) artwork, you'll find plenty to feast your eyes on here.
Dan Escott (1928-87) was an English artist and illustrator. He worked at the College of Arms, before moving into advertising and magazine illustration. In 1967-68, he worked at the US Army's Institute of Heraldry, so he had some influence in the USA too. It was Escott's heraldic art and articles in Look and Learn magazine that got me interested in heraldry.
Here are a few examples, from Look and Learn. :
Some, like arms of the Worshipful Company of Merchant Mariners, from a series on 'The Guilds of London' (1967-68), were conventional representations.
His series on 'Royal Beasts' (1967) showed heraldic beasts associated with the various royal families, supporting shields and banners. Here 'The White Lion of Mortimer' holds a banner of the Mortimer arms and a shield of the arms of Richard, Earl of Cambridge (d 1415) impaling those of his wife Anne Mortimer.
A 1971 interpretation of King Henry V wearing his (literal) coat of arms. Note the Order of the Garter below his left knee.
He sometimes did more elaborate paintings such as this one, 'Banners into Battle', showing the arms of King Edward IV and various nobles and knights.
Many of Dan Escott's magazine illustrations were full-page size and are too large to post here. If you'd like to see more of his heraldic (and other) artwork, you'll find plenty to feast your eyes on here.