Coat of arms of Shakspeare

The blazon

or, on a bend sa. a spear of the first. — Crest, a falcon, displayed, ppr. holding a spear or. [Monumental Inscription, to the immortal Shakspeare, in Stratford-upon-Avon Church, Warwickshire, oh. 6th August, 1628. Granted to him hy William Dethick, Garter, and home' hy Arthur Shakespear, Esq. of Alhermarle-street, Westminster, oh. 12<A Jime, 1818.]

A blazon is the description of a coat of arms in the technical language of heraldry. The drawing comes from that text, and from nothing else.