Honi Collection

The Royal Coat of Arms of King George V. Arms: Quarterly, first and fourth, gules three lions passant guardant in pale or, (England); second or, a lion rampant within a tressure flory counter-flory

The prayer of Onias (litho)
STC416059 The prayer of Onias (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; English, out of copyright

Design for a Plate - Leda and the Swan, 1889 (litho, w / c and gouache on paper)
CH133723 Design for a Plate - Leda and the Swan, 1889 (litho, w/c and gouache on paper) by Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903); 30.1x25.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Great Britain (chromolitho)
735008 Great Britain (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Great Britain. Liebig card)

Bother these loose stones! Oh lack-a-daisy me! (coloured engraving)
607055 Bother these loose stones! Oh lack-a-daisy me! (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Honi soit qui mal y pense; Bother these loose stones)

Doorway with Order of the Garter motto above - Windsor
Doorway with the French maxim used as the motto of the British chivalric Order of the Garter above - Windsor, Berkshire. Date: circa 1980s

Honi Soi Qui Mal Y Pense Caricature Shop G Humphrey
Artokoloro

Bible presented to King George V
Detail of the cover of a Bible presented to King George V by the British and Foreign Bible Society

British Flag Cut Down
New Zealand : Maori rebel Honi Heke defies colonial rule by cutting down the British flag at Kororareka

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Amidst the grandeur of King George V's Royal Coat of Arms, the quiet prayer of Onias echoes through the halls of power. In the same era, Honi Soi Qui Mal Y Pense, or "Shame on him who thinks evil," was etched into the Caricature Shop of G. Humphrey. Meanwhile, Leda and the Swan, a sensuous design by an unknown artist, graced the pages of a lithograph. Great Britain's strength was symbolized in chromolithographs, while the coloured engraving depicted a playful scene of someone exasperated by loose stones. The Order of the Garter's motto, "Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense," was inscribed above a Windsor doorway, a reminder of the power of words. A Bible, presented to King George V, held sacred texts, while the British Flag, cut down, bore the Union Jack's proud colors. Through art, prayer, and symbolism, the complexities of the human condition and the majesty of the monarchy were intertwined in the early 20th century.