Wilson, D J, active 1937

Commissioned bookplate from Leo Bensemann.

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Various artists :[New Zealand bookplates commissioned by persons whose names begin with...

Date: 1862 - 1955

From: The Graham Bookplate Collection; bookplates collected by David H Graham. [1500-1950s]

By: Abraham, H C, active 1952; Aris, Bernard Ford, 1887-1977; Bensemann, Leo Vernon, 1912-1986; Booty, Fred, active 1909; Chart, J Rudkin, active 1900s; Croll, Donald G, active 1936; Holloway, Ronald, 1909-2003; Lambert, L T, active 1945; Percy, William Stratford, 1872-1946; Ramage, Donald James, 1923-2009; Wakelin, W G, active 1880s?; Williams, Llewellyn Edwin, 1884-1967; Wiseman, Hilda Alexandra, 1894-1982; Younghusband, Adela Mary, 1878-1969

Reference: BOOKPLATES-GRAHAM-NZ-W

Description: Arranged in boxes alphabetically according to the name of the person for whom the plate was made. Contains plates made for: L C W (n.d.) M W (by Hilda Wiseman? 1932) Ronald Wakelin (n.d.) Violet Wakelin (one by W S Percy, 1933; and one by W G Wakelin, n.d.) F B Wallis (by Hilda Wiseman, 1916) Anne Sophia Walpole (by Hilda Wiseman, 1931) Wanganui Collegiate School Sir Cyril Ward Sir Joseph Ward Morris N Watt (by J Rudkin Chart, 1961?) Wellington College (by D J Ramage, 1952) Wellington College (1889 and 1952) Alice Whalley (by Hilda Wiseman, 1928) John White (n.d.) Percy James Hoyland White (by Bernard Aris, 1940) Rev L G Whitehead (by Ron Holloway, 1933) Rev James Whyte (by Ron Holloway, 1934) G T Wiggs (n.d.) Archdeacon Henry Williams & family (n.d.) Mildred Williams (by Llewellyn E Williams, 1933) Peter A Williams (by Adele Younghusband, 1955) Charles Wilson (three by himself, n.d., and one by Fred Booty, 1909) D J Wilson (by Leo Bensemann, 1937) Frances Alfred Wilson (by H C Abraham, Mongonui, 1952) John F Williams (by Adele Younghusband, 1955) Jean Wilson (by Hilda Wiseman, 1930) Mary Wilson (by Hilda Wiseman, 1930) Olive Wilson (by Hilda Wiseman, 1917 or 1929) Ruth O Wilson (by Hilda Wiseman, 1941) Violet Wilson (by Hilda Wiseman, 1936) Marjorie Wingate (by Don Croll, 1936) John Farrar Winn (by L T Lambert, 1945) Violet M Winstone (by Hilda Wiseman, 1931) Hilda Wiseman (two plates by herself, n.d. and 1925) Huia Wiseman (by Hilda Wiseman, 1926) Vella Wiseman (by Hilda Wiseman, 1927) Russell Wood (by Hilda Wiseman, 1946) Selwyn Woods (by Hilda Wiseman, 1946) Vesta D Woods (by Hilda Wiseman, 1946) Jonas Woodward (n.d.) Henry Wrigg (n.d.) Quantity: 48 b&w art print(s) on bookplates.. Physical Description: Engravings, etchings Provenance: Donated by David Graham in the 1950s.

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1 First box of wood blocks and prints

Date: 1935-1957

From: Bensemann, Leo Vernon, 1912-1986 : Twelve boxes of wood blocks and prints. 1930-1950s

Reference: Series-7026

Description: Printing blocks include: 1. Bookplate for Lawrence Baigent 2. Bookplate for Denis Glover 3. Head of boy 4. Hand with dagger 5. Bookplate for D.J. Wilson 6. Bookplate for Lawrence Baigent 7. Frontispiece to "Another argo" (Caxton, 1935) - hand with sword through a head on a sail 8. Bookplate for Rey Byrne 9. Head of a satyr 10. Name: Jonathan Swift 11. Design for cover and title page of Country Road by Ruth Dallas (Caxton, 1953) 12. Bookplate for Ralph McFarlane Waite (signed lower right: Olivia Spencer Bower) 13. Bookplate for Leo Bensemann 14. Bookplate for Charles Spear Prints include: Head of a boy Design for cover and title page of Country Road by Ruth Dallas Two bookplates for Lawrence Baigent Bookplates for Leo Bensemann, Denis Glover and Charles Spear Bookplates for Rey Byrne, Ralph Waite, and D.J. Wilson Head of a satyr Name: Jonathan Swift Frontispiece to "Another argo" Hand with dagger Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 14 object(s) printing blocks. 14 b&w art print(s) on five sheets. Physical Description: Block prints and lead mounted on wooden blocks, sizes varying Processing information: Library reference changed 21 December 2022 as part of the curios and objects survey. Previous reference: Curios-035-001.

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Bensemann, Leo Vernon, 1912-1986 :[Bookplate collection]

Date: 1935 - 1960

By: Bensemann, Leo Vernon, 1912-1986

Reference: BOOKPLATES-Bensemann

Description: Album of bookplates and envelope of loose bookplates, designed by Leo Bensemann and other artists. Album includes plates made by Bensemann for: MB (eagle on top of globe), Lawrence Baigent, Eugene Aubin, Raymond Carroll, Leo Bensemann himself, Margaret Barcteri, Sadie Balkind, Charles Spear, LAB (Lawrence Baigent), D J Wilson, two for self (LB, B), Denis Glover, Rita Cook, Rey Byrne, Sally Simmons (S S) Loose prints include: Denis Glover as faun, by Leo Bensemann (4 copies) Rey Byrne (10 copies) D J Wilson (2 copies) Sadie Balkind Marguerite Barcteri Raymond Carroll Sally Simmons Plates by other artists include those designed for: Percy Neville Barnett (X Libellous, by George Hay) Percy Neville Barnett (2 different) Caxton Press (5 copies) Bruce Godward Ronald Holloway Patricius Johannis (Patricii Johannis, by R Holloway) K Pat Lawlor JM Erling Orbell (2 copies) H H Schlink Frank Shurrock Cynthia Smart (by Ernest Mervyn Taylor, reprinted on National Library card 1992) Olivia Spencer Bower Dr F Tikal Quantity: 1 album(s). 1 folder(s) envelope of bookplates. Physical Description: Scrapbook of ten leaves, each 303 x 242 mm, bound with brown cord. Also package of bookplates sizes varying Provenance: Leo Bensemann estate, 2008. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-0024 - Other material of the same provenance is housed at MS-Group-0024..