IMAGE
[Crane, Walter], 1845-1915 :E libris Alex H Turnbull. Fortuna favet audaci [1891]
- Date
- 1891
- By
- Crane, Walter, 1845-1915
- Reference
- BOOKPLATES-Graham-NZ-Turnbull-1891-01
- Description
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 Alexander Horsburgh 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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