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[Crane, Walter], 1845-1915 :E libris Alex H Turnbull. Fortuna favet audaci [1891]

[Crane, Walter], 1845-1915 :E libris Alex H Turnbull. Fortuna favet audaci [1891]

Date: 1891 By: Crane, Walter, 1845-1915

Ref: BOOKPLATES-Graham-NZ-Turnbull-1891-01

Shows a man wrestling with a bull and turning its head, intended as a pun on Turnbull's surname.

A rebus bookplate by Walter Crane.

Other Titles - From the collections of Alexander H Turnbull. Fortune favours the bold.

See MS-Papers-0057-018 for correspondence from Crane to Turnbull about this bookplate - 1891

Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).

Physical Description: Line block print, 107 x 89 mm.

Provenance: Commissioned from notable English Pre-Raphaelite artist Walter Crane by Turnbull during a stay in England, for £10.

Access restrictions: Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original

Part of: The Graham Bookplate Collection; bookplates collected by David H Graham. [1500-1950s]. / Various artists :[New Zealand bookplates commissioned by persons whose names begin with T, collected by David Graham. 1860s - 1950s].

Format: 1 b&w art print(s), Bookplates, Relief prints, Line block print, 107 x 89 mm., Orientation: Vertical image

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BOOKPLATES-Graham-NZ-Turnbull-1891-01

BOOKPLATES-Graham-NZ-Turnbull-1891-01

BOOKPLATES-Graham-NZ-Turnbull-1891-01

BOOKPLATES-Graham-NZ-Turnbull-1891-01


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