3-057-634 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

William Bruges kneeling before St George and the dragon, c1430- c1440. Portrait of Sir William Bruges, a Knight Founder of the Order of the Garter, kneeling before St. George, as patron of the Order. Above, two garters. William Bruges (c1375-1450) was an English officer of arms, the first person appointed to the post of Garter King of Arms, the highest heraldic office in England. From Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book').