Art Gallery of Guelph
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ART GALLERY OF GUELPH
Official blazon
Shield: Per pale dexter Or a fess chequy Azure and Argent between in chief a heart voided flanked by two cross-crosslets fitché Gules and in base a tobacco leaf erect proper all within a bordure Gules; sinister per fess Gules and Azure in chief a horse forcene Argent between two ancient crowns in bend sinister Or, in base a cross Gules fimbriated Argent cantoned in each quarter by five plates in saltire and within a bordure Argent charged with seven garbs Tenné
Crest: A cubit arm proper vested per pale Gules and Vert cuffed chequy Azure and Argent, holding an artist’s brush in bend sinister Sable its ferrule Argent.
Motto: Ut artes honoremus.
Origin/meaning
The left side of the shield displays the arms of Colonel David Macdonald Stewart, President of the Macdonald Stewart Foundation, one of the primary financial initiators of the gallery. The chequered bar is a feature of Scottish Stewart arms, and the crosses are often found in Macdonald arms. The tobacco leaf represents the family’s company, Macdonald Tobacco Inc. of Montréal. The heart was the company’s emblem. The white horse on red is an element of the arms of the City of Guelph, which were themselves inspired by those of the Kingdom of Hanover, whose rulers descended from the house of Guelph. The coronets, also from the city’s arms, allude to its sobriquet of the “Royal City.” The bottom right of the shield depicts the arms of Wellington County, where Guelph is located. They are a differenced version of the arms of the county’s namesake, the Duke of Wellington, while the sheaves of grain evoke agriculture. The brush symbolizes the arts. The sleeve’s cuff repeats the chequered pattern from the shield. Red and green represent caution and venture, two qualities sought in administrators of art galleries. The Latin Motto, meaning “So that we may honour the arts,” summarizes the gallery’s objectives.
The Coat of Arms was originally granted to the the Macdonald Stewart Community Art Centre on the 4th June 1996. Confirmed anew on February 15, 2022 upon the change of Name.Literature: Image and information from http://www.gg.ca
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