Various artists :[British bookplates commissioned by persons whose names begin with the letters H through to L, collected by David Graham. 19-- - 1950s].

Arranged in boxes alphabetically according to the name of the person for whom the plate was made.

Contains plates made for:

I H (initials also possibly read J H, H I or H J. Printed text of the bookplate reads "Ascendimus; Per Scalam". Handwritten text on bookplate reads "Six Part Songs; Osbourne". Note from the collector reads "H{ullah} J{ohn Pyke}. 1812-1884. Musician, set Dicken's Village Coquettes etc ...", possibly referring to the opera written by Charles Dickens))

T H (of Shipborne Grange)

W H (1897. Bookplate pictures a windmill)

George Harris

Ernest Hale (by E B R, 1898, possibly E B Ricketts)

Sophia Elizabeth Hall (by John Williams, 1894. Includes 12 sets of initials; E A H, M J H, R A H, C H H, A E H, T D H, S E H, G H H, F D H, T K H, E S H, M C H.)

August Albers Havover (by E B R, 1897, possibly E B Ricketts. Full text reads "Habent Sua Fata Libelli; Good books are good friends; In quaint nooks, find rare books". Pictured is the entrance to a bookstore)

Florence Harris (by E B R, 1898, possibly E B Ricketts. Includes motto "Amigi Mei Libri" and 2 insets; 1 pictures an open book with the text "Traumerei, Schuman" and several staves of music, possibly intended to read "Traumerei, Schumann"; 1 pictures a artist's palette and brushes)

James Hart (printed in red and black. Inset features a bird in flight aiming a gun at a deer. Note from collector reads "James Hart; Probably designed and cut by W.H.Hooper. Rebus on name 'I aaims at hart'; Hooper was very fond of this sort of humour.")

Harvard College Library (further text reads "In Memory of George Cabot Lodge and Trumbull Stickney; of the class of 1895; Tiffany & Co.". Note that this was filed by the collector in his British plates but may have been misfiled or possibly the people mentioned in memoriam were of British origin)

J C Hawkshaw (includes insignia of a birds head upon a castle battlement and the text "Hollycombe")

Helen C Hay (by E B R, 1897, possibly E B Ricketts. Includes the name of "Saint Francis of Assissi" and 3 insets; 1 picturing 2 upraised arms and a cross, with the text "Deus Meus et Omnia"; 1 with a 6 pointed star, possibly the Star of David pierced by an arrow)

George Parker Heathcote (3 bookplates on 1 mount, images identical but printed in different colours. Note from collector reads "...Spanish printer's device {Angel} adapted")

E Heller (by E B R, 1898, possibly E B Ricketts. Includes the text "Gott & Kunst vor Gold & Gunst" and an inset of a lyre hanging from a tree)

Samuel Herbert (includes motto "Labor Omnia Vincit". Note from collector reads "Late 18 cent.")

Maurice Hewlett (by Keith Henderson. Bookplate pictures the 3 daughters of Themis and Zeus; Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos, the Fates, apparently spinning yarn. Note from the collector reads "Novelist")

Augustus W Hill (full text reads "Virtus Me Defendit; Ex Libris; Augustus W Hill; Lt. Col.")

J Eliot Hodgkin (2 bookplates; 1 features a bird perched on a rock holding a shield with the owner's initials, printed in red, also the date 1881; the other gives the title F.S.A. after the owner's name and features text in Greek script, approximate transliteration "To Kalon; To Arhaion; To Sparnon")

C R Homer (by E B R, 1898, possibly E B Ricketts. Includes the text "Nec Temere; Nec Timide")

P H Hood (by Emery Walker. Picturing a nude upon a beach)

H H House (by E B R, 1897, possibly E B Ricketts)

Thomas Hutchinson (full text reads "Thomas Hutchinson; No. 1876")

Isabella (note from collector gives owner's name as "Heathcote {Isabella M.}")

M T J (by E B R, 1898, possibly E B Ricketts. Initials may alternatively read M T L. Includes motto "Nunquam non Paratus" and an open book with the text "Seguin")

Mary J (by E B R, 1898. Includes motto "Nunquam non Paratus")

Constance Jelf-Sharp (by E B R, 1897, possibly E B Ricketts. Includes motto "constans et fidelitate". Inset pictures a building in the Georgian style, in front of which is a fountain, with the text "The Dower House")

Rose Jelf-Sharp (possibly by E B Ricketts, 1898. Includes the text "Her Book, Her Flower, Her Lute, Her Hour")

John o' London's Weekly (full text reads "With the Compliments of the Editor of 'John o' London's Weekly'; Travel; Poetry; Biography; Detection; Nature; Romance; Science; History")

Beatrice Louie Jukes (note from collector reads "...By Miss Fox; Swansea")

Fay Kellogg (Note from collector on back of bookplate reads "By Theodore Spicer Simpson, Sculptor of Paris", possibly intended to be Theodore Spicer Simson)

J H L (initials may alternatively read L H L. Small octagonal bookplate printed in blue, includes the text "In Ardua Virtus; Tending to Peace")

T N D L (bookplate features 2 lions holding a shield. Note from collector reads "Lauder {Sir Thomas N. Dick-}. Printer's device of lions adapted, initials in mark TNDL. Adapted from device by J. Clein, Lyons.")

William Le Queux (note from collector reads "...Small label with adaption of Italian printer's mark.")

Johannes Leighton (includes the text "Libros y Amigos; Pocos y Buenos". Pictured is a heraldic lion with 3 tails and the text "Light-on")

Walter James Leighton (note from collector reads "...Library interior, 16th Century woodcut adapted. By J.A.Burt.")

W Lethbridge

Theophilus John Levett (includes further text "Wychnof Park, co. Staff.". The last word could alternatively read "Starr." but is more likely an abbreviation for Staffordshire)

H W Lewer (H W Lewer, F.S.A.)

Liverpool Public Libraries (2 bookplates; 1 includes a jumble of initials possibly reading "M A L M C; 1 reads "Devs Nobis Haec Otra Fecit; City of Liverpool Public Libraries" and features an inset picturing a king with a trident and staff, possibly Poseidon, a fish-tailed herald and a bird, possibly a shag with a branch in its mouth)

James Lowe (picturing a 2 headed bird and including the address "Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane")

E M Lynch (by E B R, 1898, possibly E B Ricketts. Includes the text "There's music in the sighing of the reeds", and pictures an open book with a staff of music and the name "Schumann")

"L" (bookplate gives no name for the owner and the signature of the artist is illegible. The collector has pencilled "L" in the corner of the mounting card, but filed it at the end of the L section. Bookplate pictures a man seated at a table reading with bookshelves in the background, and the motto "Viam Aut Inveniam Aut Faciam")

Quantity: 46 b&w art print(s) on bookplates..

Physical Description: Engravings, etchings

Provenance: Donated by David Graham in the 1950s.