The heraldic artist attached to the court of the Lord Lyon, Edinburgh in the 1890s
Johnson, Graham, active 1896-1909
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Maker unknown :Ex libris Alexander Turnbull [Bookplate block ca 1900]
Date: 1896
From: [Bookbinding and bookplate dies made for Alexander Horsburgh Turnbull. 1890-1915]
By: Johnson, Graham, active 1896-1909
Reference: Curios-011-010
Description: A rectangular armorial bookplate showing a bull's head above four rings, a closed visor and a shield below with three bulls pierced with swords. There are acanthus leaves around the edge, the whole enclosed in an oval. The Latin motto, fortuna favet audaci, appears (in reverse) on a banner at the top. Ex libris Alexander Turnbull is on a panel below. Other Titles - Fortune favours the bold. Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Engraved copper plate, 81 x 62 x 4 mm Provenance: Collection of Alexander Turnbull
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Maker unknown :Fortuna favet audaci. [Bookplate die, ca 1900]
Date: 1896
From: [Bookbinding and bookplate dies made for Alexander Horsburgh Turnbull. 1890-1915]
By: Johnson, Graham, active 1896-1909
Reference: Curios-011-008
Description: An armorial bookplate showing a bull's head above four rings, a closed visor and a shield below with three bulls pierced with swords. There are acanthus leaves around the edge. The Latin motto appears (in reverse) on a banner below Other Titles - Fortune favours the bold. Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Engraved copper plate, 81 x 62 x 4 mm Provenance: Collection of Alexander Turnbull
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[Johnson, Graham] :Fortuna favet audaci. Ex libris Alexander H Turnbull [1896? or 1912?]
Date: 1896 - 1912
From: [Bookbinding and bookplate dies made for Alexander Horsburgh Turnbull. 1890-1915]
By: Johnson, Graham, active 1896-1909
Reference: Curios-011-006
Description: An armorial bookplate showing a bull's head above four rings, a closed visor and a shield below with three bulls pierced with swords. There are acanthus leaves around the edge within an oval and scallop shells in the four corners outside the oval. Turnbull's name appears below. Alexander Turnbull's second bookplate, arranged for him by bookseller Bernard Quaritch. The prints taken from this plate were photogravures and probably drawn by Graham Johnson, the heraldic artist attached to the court of the Lord Lyon, Edinburgh. See Turnbull Library Record, Vol 12, no. 2, October 1979, 'Alexander Turnbull's bookplates' by Penelope Griffith. See also Curios-011-007 for a slightly larger version of the same plate See also the printed bookplate at BOOKPLATES-Graham-NZ-Turnbull-1912-01, so dated because there appears to be an inscription GJ [?], 1912, at centre left. The date is indecipherable on the copper plate. Other Titles - Fortune favours the bold. Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Engraved copper plate on wooden backing, 71 x 56 mm on backing 84 x 63 mm Provenance: Collection of Alexander Turnbull
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[Johnson, Graham] :Fortuna favet audaci. Ex libris Alexander H Turnbull [1896? or 1912?]
Date: 1896
From: [Bookbinding and bookplate dies made for Alexander Horsburgh Turnbull. 1890-1915]
By: Johnson, Graham, active 1896-1909
Reference: Curios-011-007
Description: An armorial bookplate showing a bull's head above four rings, a closed visor and a shield below with three bulls pierced with swords. There are acanthus leaves around the edge within an oval and scallop shells in the four corners outside the oval. Turnbull's name appears below. Alexander Turnbull's second bookplate, arranged for him by bookseller Bernard Quaritch. The prints taken from this plate were photogravures and probably drawn by Graham Johnson, the heraldic artist attached to the court of the Lord Lyon, Edinburgh. See Turnbull Library Record, Vol 12, no. 2, October 1979, 'Alexander Turnbull's bookplates' by Penelope Griffith. See also Curios-011-006 for a slightly smaller version of the same plate See also the printed bookplate at BOOKPLATES-Graham-NZ-Turnbull-1912-01, so dated because there appears to be an inscription GJ [?], 1912, at centre left. The date is indecipherable on the copper plate. Other Titles - Fortune favours the bold. Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Engraved copper plate on wooden backing, 92 x 70 x 23 mm Provenance: Collection of Alexander Turnbull
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[Johnson, Graham], fl 1896-1909 :Ex libris Alexander H Turnbull. Fortuna favet audaci [...
Date: 1912
From: The Graham Bookplate Collection; bookplates collected by David H Graham. [1500-1950s]
By: Johnson, Graham, active 1896-1909
Reference: BOOKPLATES-Graham-NZ-Turnbull-1912-01
Description: Shows an heraldic design with clam shells in an outer rectangular frame, containing an oval frame containing one large bull's head with four linked rings at its neck above a helmet on top of a shield featuring three bulls' heads run through with swords. Below, Alexander Turnbull's name is flanked by small panels showing wreathed angels. Article by Penny Griffith in "Turnbull Library record", October 1979, page 107, suggests that this may be a bookplate designed in 1896. However, a small "GJ" monogram at centre left shows the date 1912 beneath it. Other Titles - From the collections of Alexander H Turnbull. Fortune favours the bold. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Half tone block print, 102 x 73 mm, on sheet 116 x 90 mm.