Hopson, William Fowler, 1849-1935

American artist and engraver (details from "Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs", E Benezit; and http://nmaa-ryder.si.edu)

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

Date: 1900 - 1960

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

By: Barnett, Percy Neville, 1881-1953; Dwyer, Ella Margaret, 1887-1979; Feint, Adrian, 1894-1971; Gallop, Herbert Reginald, 1890-1958; Goodchild, John Charles, 1898-1980; Hopson, William Fowler, 1849-1935; Jardine, Walter, 1885-; Jordan, Allan, 1898-1982; Lindsay, Lionel Arthur (Sir), 1874-1961; Lindsay, Norman Alfred William, 1879-1969; Litchfield, Phillip M, active 1920s-1930s; McGrath, Raymond, 1903-1977; O'Harris, Pixie, 1903-1991; Perrottet, George David, 1890-1971; Pierson, Percy Roach, active 20th century; Satchell, Edgar, active 1920s; Shillito, Phyllis Sykes, 1895-1980

Reference: BOOKPLATES-Graham-Aust-G/K

Description: Arranged in boxes alphabetically according to the name of the person for whom the plate was made. Contains plates made for: Herbert R Gallop (owner is also the artist, possibly Herbert Reginald Gallop) R A Gallop (initials on bookplate possibly read "I H Q", the name H R Gallop is written on the back, possibly Herbert Reginald Gallop, 1924) Gwendolen Game (by Ella Dwyer, 1932) Sir Philip Game (by J B G, possibly John Barclay Godson, 1932) Joy Garden (by Adrian Feint) James A Gardiner (possibly by Raymond McGrath) G L Garnsey (2 bookplates, 1 picturing a cricket match and cricket equipment, a kangaroo with a cricket bat, a koala reading a book, and 2 birds, possibly ducks, the other picturing 2 koalas, 1 apparently selling books to the other, possibly by Norman Lindsay) George L Garnsey (intitials of artist possibly R B or R S) J W Gellert (by L L, possibly L Lindsay) John Gibson (3 bookplates, 1 by J S Watkins, possibly John Samuel Watkins, 1932, 1 by Adrian Feint, 1 by G D P, possibly George D Perrottet, 1934, picturing a phoenix rising from a fire, which the collector has noted is "based on D H Lawrence's phoenix seal") Rosa Gibson (including 2 sets of initials, the 1st reads G D P, possibly George D Perrottet, the 2nd possibly reads B J. The bookplate seems to commemorate a centenary 1834-1934, possibly the Melbourne Centenary) Gladys (possibly by P Neville Barnett) John B Godson (1 by F C H, 1 by artist unknown) Diana Goldsmid (by G D P, possibly George D Perrottet) John Goodchild (owner possibly also the artist) Paul Langton Grano Arthur Fairfield Gray Helen Gray (possibly by R A Clive) Bastl V S Greatrex (name of owner difficult to read, name of the artist possibly Mark Seriem, England) J G Griffin (by Geo T, 1908) W R Griffiths (by A F, possibly Adrian Feint) Helen Groom (by G D P, possibly George D Perrottet) Captain Francis Edward de Groot (by Phyllis S Shillito. Bookplate includes the text "The sword is mightier than the scissors" and an emblem including a sword, a pair of scissors, a head with a crested helmet, a rearing horse, a lion, the Union Jack and the flag of Australia) V S H (2 bookplates, 1 possibly by M McCartney, picturing a press, possibly a printing press, the other by J Hanna) S V Hagley (3 bookplates, 2 by A J, 1 with artist's initials illegible, possibly R W, picturing a witch or wizard mixing potions) Sydney Hagley Sydney V Hagley (2 bookplates, 1 by P Roach Pierson, 1940, the other by A F, possibly Adrian Feint, picturing an Australian 1 penny coin and several books with the titles "Bookplates", "Numismata Australiana" and "Entomology") Halycon (by Pixie O'Harris, picturing a young girl and a pixie) J M Hammond (by Phillip M Litchfield, 1927, possibly picturing a prospector panning for gold) Edward Hammond Hargraves C E Harris George H Harris Clarence D Hart L J Harvey (picturing reief carving of the legendary figure Andromeda. Collector notes that L J Harvey was an instructor in modelling at the Brisbane Technical College) Helen (name of the artist illegible, possibly Eulamer) C Hepburn (by P B) V S Hewett (3 bookplates, 1 by T, possibly Eric Thake, 1 by Allan Jordan, 1 by artist unknown) Hans Heysen (by Lionel Lindsay) Fred Hiley J J Hilder Fred Hiley (by P N B, possibly Percy Neville Barnett) Name of owner illegible, possibly Arnold Hirt W R G Hiscock (by H Ogilvie, possibly Helen Ogilvie) H F Hoad (by Crampton) Hodgson (the words "Hodgson" and "NSW Railways" are written in pencil upon the bookplate, though it is not obvious what these refer to) C G Hodgson (address on the bookplate reads "157 Macquarie Street North, Sydney) A E Holland L Hopkins W F Hopson (owner possibly also the artist. This bookplate is possibly by the American artist William Fowler Hopson and may have been incorrectly filed by the collector) C V Howard (by E S, possibly Edgar Satchell) H J Howes (picturing an aboriginal shield and 2 spears, with the words "Marombi Coolah", possibly refering to a location in New South Wales, Australia) S W Hume (by Phillip Litchfield, picturing Redbraes Castle) L Stenhouse Huntley (2 bookplates1 by P Roach Pierson, 1936, 1 by artist unknown) George R Hyam (by Walter Jardine, 1931) R F Irvine (name of the artist illegible, possibly I Sidlono or I Sipono) Harold J Jack (possibly by K Jack) Carl V Janssen (a note on the back of the bookplate reads "A young artist killed in the land of Gallipoli") Harold & Nell Jenkins (by G D P, possibly George D Perrottet) H D Jennings (by R D) Geoffrey A Johnson (by G D P, possibly George D Perrottet) F R Jordan (by Lionel Lindsay, picturing a various objects including a judge's wig) H V Justelius (2 bookplates by J Goodchild, possibly Jobn Charles Goodchild) Charles G Kellaway (possibly by Olive Crane) Rhoda S Kettlewell (by R D, possibly Roy Davies) Lorna Robin King (by William Hunter) W & M Kingham (by Adrian Feint) Quantity: 77 b&w art print(s) on bookplates.. Physical Description: Engravings, etchings

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

Date: 1900 - 1960

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

By: Barnett, Percy Neville, 1881-1953; Christie, Connie, active 1940s-1950s; Cobb, Victor Ernest, 1876-1945; Davies, Lewis Roy, 1897-1979; Feint, Adrian, 1894-1971; Godson, John Barclay, 1882-1957; Hopson, William Fowler, 1849-1935; Lindsay, Lionel Arthur (Sir), 1874-1961; Lindsay, Norman Alfred William, 1879-1969; Litchfield, Phillip M, active 1920s-1930s; Mahony, Francis William, 1905-1989; Mailey, Arthur Alfred, 1890-; Minns, Benjamin Edwin, 1864-1937; Ogilvie, Helen, active 1930s; O'Harris, Pixie, 1903-1991; Palmer, Ethleen Mary, 1906-1958; Souter, David Henry, 1862-1935; Thake, Eric Prentice Anchor, 1904-1982; Van Raalte, Henri Benedictus, 1881-1929; Walker, Francis Sidney, 1888-1972; Wiseman, Hilda Alexandra, 1894-1982

Reference: BOOKPLATES-Graham-Aust-O/S

Description: Arranged in boxes alphabetically according to the name of the person for whom the plate was made. Contains plates made for: Margaret O'Grady Pat O'Harris (by Pixie O'Harris, 1928) Lyster Ormsby (3 bookplates, 1 by A B, 2 by artist unknown, 1 of which reads "Lyster Omsby, Antiquary, 26 Hunter Street") Basil R Orr (by Percy Neville Barnett, 1930) John Oxley W Stewart Page (by Will M, possibly Will Mahony, picturing 2 men on horses and a dog rounding up sheep) B H Palmer (possibly by Ethleen Palmer) R Parkinson (possibly by Norman Lindsay) Pauline (possibly by Ernest Warner or Edward Warner, 1931) N Pearson Noel Pearson (2 bookplates, 1 with name of the artist illegible, possibly Vic Cm Aron, 1927, 1 by A M, possibly Arthur Mailey, featuring a cricketing cartoon) Max Pemberton (possibly by Connie Christie) Ruth Penfold (2 bookplates, 1 by G D P, possibly George D Perrottet, 1 by F Sidney Walker, 1933) A M Perrottet George Perrottet (1 by Hilda Wiseman, 2 by artists unknown, 1 featuring a caricature, possibly of the owner) Muriel Perrottet (by "H", possibly Helen Ogilvie, featuring a flower, possibly a hibiscus) E E Pescott (writing below image reads "Type design by S R Simmons") Philip (featuring the words "Philip's book" and the initials P O H or F O H, though it is not clear whether these are the initials of the artist or the owner) H E Phillipson (by W R J, possibly Robert Johnson) Eden Philpotts (by "B", possibly Frank Brangwyn) Stanley Raymond Phippard (possibly by Nan Davies, 1922) Phyllis (2 identical bookplates, by P N B, possibly Percy Neville Barnett) Ralph R Pilkington (by artist unknown. R Pilkington's name is handwritten on the bookplate in pen) L L Politzer (possibly by Victor Cobb) Louis Politzer (note on the back of the bookplate reads "from Louis Politzer", but it is not clear whether this indicates he is the artist or the donor of the bookplate in addition to being the subject) Mabel Dickinson Pond (by W F H, 1915) Dorothy Porter (by Pixie O'Harris, featuring an ornately dressed lady and a man, possibly a servant, bearing a book upon a cushion) Edith Potter (name of the artist illegible, possibly Moppen, 1934. Includes the words "Ich liebe die fleinen Bewohner dec Luft") John Preece (by L L, possibly Lionel Lindsay, 1928, picturing archers shooting at flying books) John L Preece (by Henri Benedictus Van Raalte) Winward Prescott (including the words "Short Story Collection", and picturing 2 nudes under a microscope) Thea Proctor (owner is also possibly the artist) Alan Queale (by N S, possibly N Suhr or N Suhn. Picturing a pirate or similar figure reading a book, having presumably taken the book from a chest full of them at his feet) B R R (2 bookplates, both possibly by Eric Thake) Jeanie Ranken (by A F. Wording of the bookplate reads "Jeanie Ranken; In Her Memory", and pictured is a hand holding a book entitled "Drama". Note on the back of bookplate reads "Hagley" or "Hagly") C L Regan (by J G, possibly John Barclay Godson. Includes a heraldic emblem with the word "Riverview") Geoffrey R Rex (by Phillip M Litchfield, 1926) Alan P Rigby (by Will Mahony. Features caricature of a man, possibly Alan P Rigby) Vere Ritchie (by L Roy Davies) Christine Rivett (by Phillip M Litchfield) Ewing Rixson (by Adrian Feint. Including maps of Australia, United States, Scandinavia, France and New Zealand, and emblems reading "Northwestern University, 1851" and "Royal Geographical Society, 1830) Arthur Robinson (by P N B, possibly Percy Neville Barnett) Royal Colonial Institute (including the words "British Isles" and "United Empire" and a map highlighting Canada, India, Africa and Australia Lucy McCowan Russell (possibly by Eric Thake, picturing a crowd before a closed theatre curtain, upon which are spotlighted the initials "T T") W L Russell (a note on the back of the bookplate reads "from Louis Politzer", though it is not made clear whether this is the artist or donor. Pictured is a mother Kangaroo reading a book to a joey in her pouch) A S (2 bookplates, possibly made for Sir Alfred Stephen) Y N Y S (by Roy Davies) Sacre Coeur + Burke Road (by Adrian Feint. The bookplate reads "Sacre Coeur + Burke Road; Malvern" and pictured is a driveway leading to a stately 3 storey building. Possibly refers to Sacre Coeur, Catholic Girl's School in Glen Iris, Victoria, Australia) St Sophia's Library (note on the back of bookplate reads "Hagley") Sally (possibly by George D Perrottet. Pictured is a man with spears and a shield in an outdoor setting at night, possibly representing an aboriginal hunter conducting a form of ceremony) H H Schlink (by R D, possibly Roy Davies, featuring an airborn downhill skier) Aimee Selby (by G D Perrottet, possibly George D Perrottet) E York Seymour (by Adrian Feint) Grace B Sibley The Ski Club of Australia (by L Roy Davies, picturing a downhill skier) Bruce Smith (by Philip M Litchfield, featuring a man fishing with a rod and a net) C Nigel Smith (by A F) Charles Kingsford Smith (by George Hartley Brown, 1932, picturing an aeroplane and a giant eagle flying over Australia, with the words "Air Commodore Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, M C, A F C; King of the Air") S A Smith (by B E Minns. Pictured is 3 Australian Aboriginals, a woman crouching holding a child and a man with a spear and shield defending them, framed by trees, 2 possibly eucalypts and 2 a variety of Xanthorrhoea or "Grasstree") R M F Smyth (by Geo. Hartley Brown, possibly George Hartley Brown, 1931. Pictured are 2 Australian Aboriginals with a boomerang standing on a book, with the words "Return to...R M F Smyth") Alexis Grant Souter (by D H S, possibly D H Souter) Brenda Maisie Souter (by D H Souter) D H Souter (owner is also possibly the artist) Jo Sprokkereef (name of the artist illegible, possibly Esmond. Pictured are Snow White and the 7 dwarfs) L Stenhouse-Huntley (by E S, possibly Edgar Satchell) Paul Stratmann (2 bookplates, both by artist unknown) George Sutton (by P M L) Vincenc Svoboda (name of the owner is illegible, also possibly Iincenc Svoboda) R A Swan (by "W") Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Also including the name "I Black" and the date "31 January 1898". Written at the bottom of the bookplate is the instruction that "This label is to be pasted in the book, kept in good order, and not written or scribbled upon in any way") Quantity: 78 b&w art print(s) on bookplates.. Physical Description: Engravings, etchings

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Various artists :[American bookplates commissioned by persons whose names begin with th...

Date: 1900 - 1960

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

By: Cole, Timothy, 1852-1931; Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878; Evans, John William, 1855-; Hopson, William Fowler, 1849-1935; Junge, Carl Stephen, 1880-1934

Reference: BOOKPLATES-Graham-US-R/S

Description: Arranged in boxes alphabetically according to the name of the person for whom the plate was made. Contains plates made for: C S B R (1919. These initials could also concievably be read C S R B or C B S R ) O M R (initial of artist reads "A". Note on back of bookplate reads "Allan Lewis") Dr Samuel Radbill (name of the artist illegible. Pictured are cartoons of a baby boy and baby girl, and a staff entwined by a snake.) Dr Samuel H Radbill (also possibly Dr Samuel X Radbill. Name of the artist illegible. Pictured is a bearded doctor cutting the umbilical cord between a baby and it's mother. Pencilled in the top corner of the bookpage's mounting page are the initials "U R") Dr Samuel X Radbill (name of the artist illegible, possibly U K Florian. Pictured is a man in a robe holding a baby, behind which lies a woman in bed, having apparently just given birth to this baby) Rose Eliza Rales (by A F K, 1904) Marion Ransom (initials of the artist illegible, possibly "A" or "A L". Full text of the bookplate reads "Ex Libris; Marion Ransom; Edith Bridges" and it is unclear whether this is 2 people or whether Edith Bridges could possibly be a place name. It is filed under "Ransom" in keeping with the collector's original system) Benjamin Weiser Reed G F Reinhardt (initials of the artist illegible, possibly L W P or Z W P) Harold Reppert (3 bookplates; 2 are of identical image printed on different papers) Bertha Reynolds (by P K) Robinson (name of owner illegible, possibly Sf. E Robinson or H E Robinson) W F E Roelofson (by A W C, 1901. Includes emblem with the text "Immer Bereit" and a whip and riding spur) Gretta Gordon Brown Rowell (by Gretta B Rowell, 1922. Text reads "Ex Libris; Art Books of Gretia Gordon Brown Rowell". Pictured is a study or studio with a shelf of books, a painting of a child upon an easel, and paint brushes and palette) Mrs N H Reid (by Dreka. Full text reads "Dum Clavum Teneam; Ex Libris; Hannah Penn House; Presented by; Mrs. N. H. Reid") John E Russell (full text reads "John E. Russell. J.E.R. Del; M.T. Callahen, Sculpt". Note from collector attached dates the bookplate at 1890) Mabelle Rutherford Laurence Darby Ryan (by M H N, 1935. Full text reads "From among the Books and Maps of; Laurence Darby Ryan". Featured is a map of Baja Peninsula, Mexico, with placenames in Spanish) George Hope Ryder (full text reads "Ex Libris; New Jersey; New York; George Hope Ryder". Note on the back reads "Wood Eng. by John W Evans USA") William Lewis Sachse (pictures a stately building in front of which are several figures, a horse and rider and a horse and cart) Dean Sage (pictured is a fish, possibly a trout, a fishing rod and a landing net. Note from the collector attached reads "...an enthusiastic fisherman, and the author of a sumptuous volume on salmon-fishing in some of the Canadian Rivers. Mr sage uses this plate only in the books of his library which relate to the gentle art of Walton") Henry Kendall Sanborne (includes an emblem of 2 hands shaking within a black cross) Alfred Santell (full text reads "I am a heritage because I bring you years of thought and the lore of time - I impart yet I can not speak - I have traveled among the peoples of the earth - I am a rover - Oft-times I stray from the fireside of the one who loves and cherishes me - who misses me when I am gone - Should you find me vagrant please send me home - among my brothers - on the bookshelves of...Alfred Santell". Note on back of bookplate reads "Motion Pictures actor") Tyndall Savage (1915) Helen Virginia Sawler (by Junge, possibly Carl S Junge. Pictured is a woman holding an artist's palette and possibly a brush) H Adama van Scheltema (full text reads "Cogito, Ergo Sum; Ex Libris. bookfelloviensis; H. Adama van Scheltema") Ada Laurie Scherling Leonard J Schiff (pictured is a snake entwined around a staff. Behind it is a bookshelf with books bearing the titles "Gynecology", "Surgery", "General Pathology" and "Anatomy") Fred C Schlaich (by H S, possibly Howard Sill, 1891. Full text reads "Fred C Schlaich, Architect") Winfield Scott (note from the collector attached reads "Scott, Winfield [General] Of Virginia; The patriotic motto of the Scots of Whitislaid, Scotland, and well did the character of the man who used the bookplate coincide with its meanin [sic]. Plain armorial; Armore Patriae" [motto in fact reads "Amore Patriae") Lillian E Serbousek (picturing 2 white swans swimming) George Dudley Seymour (by W F Hopson, 1894. Full text reads "No.5; Captain Charles Churchill, hys house at Wethersfield in the colony of Connecticut in Newe England, 1760-1885; Ex Libris George Dudley Seymour; W F Hopson, N.H. 1894") James Porter Shaw Judy Sherman Julia Booth Sherman S L Shey (includes the text "Spring Grove" and a heraldic emblem in a diamond format including a rearing animal and 3 flowers, similar to daisies) Adam Hull Shirk (by P L) Edwin and Lucy Shore (by George Cruikshank. Bookplate illustration is a scene from the Charles Dickens novel "Oliver Twist", where Oliver accompanies 2 young thieves as they pick the pockets of a gentleman examining a book) Milton Henry Shutes M.D. (name of owner also possibly Henry Milton Shutes M.D.) Inez Stanley (possibly by Carl S Junge) Ruth Stark (by M Nelson, 1912) Helen J Stearns (picturing 2 women flanking a statue or mask of a large laughing face, printed on delicate filmy paper) Paula Stellwagon (picturing a lamp and spinning wheel) Constance Stephens J F Stevens Maureen Stewart Thomas Wheeler Stewart (includes the motto "Creag an Scairdh" and features a man wearing a kilt about the waist and shoulders with a girdle, and standing on a 3 tiered plinth) Arthur Robinson Stone (possibly by George M White, 1887. Picturing a book of sheet music, open at a page headed "Messiah au Oratorio; Largo; Part of Second") Ellery Stone (by M N, 1909) Emerson A Stoner Robt S Storey (initials of the artist illegible, possibly H E) J A Svengsbir (initials at base of illustration illegible, possibly C S A or C S R. Includes the motto "Atavis et Armis" and heraldic imagery similar to that of the bookplates of Alan Weaver Hazleton, also included in the Graham collection of American bookplates) George Selwyn Swarth Carolyn Patten Swett (by Timothy Cole) J B Swett (note from the collector attached reads "Sweet, J.B.[sic], John Barnard Sweet of Newbury, Mass; A symbolical [sic] plate, representing the profession of medicine...") Abbie M Sykes (picturing a large and prominent tree, possibly a fir or pine, against a wilderness setting) Quantity: 57 b&w art print(s) on bookplates.. Physical Description: Engravings, etchings

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Various artists :[American bookplates commissioned by persons whose names begin with th...

Date: 1900 - 1960

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

By: Hopson, William Fowler, 1849-1935; Junge, Carl Stephen, 1880-1934; Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971

Reference: BOOKPLATES-Graham-US-A/B

Description: Arranged in boxes alphabetically according to the name of the person for whom the plate was made. Contains plates made for: Anonymous (text reads "E. Bibliotheca: Domine. Tu: Sacerdotis. I O. Grav: Omnia. Nosti") E A (possibly by Rockwell Kent) Henry Alafler Juliet Elizabeth Alexander (initial of artist "R" or possibly "A") Lloyd and Catherine Alexander (initials of artist "B R" or possibly "B A", 1932) Crombie Allen (included in the bookplate is a Rotary International emblem with the motto "Service before Self", references to Los Angeles, California and Pennsylvania, world maps and a bell with a name upon it, possibly M Caming) Gertrude Allen I M Allen (initials of the artist illegible, possibly F L. Bookplate pictures a view through a window of a man guiding a horse and plough, and includes the text "The Hawthorns") Americam Merchant Marine (by H G White. Bookplate text reads "To Seamen of the American Merchant Marine ... From Friends in Cleveland O. and the American Merchant Marine Library Association") Mary Stuart Heathcoat Amory (name typed on back of bookplate reads "Lady Mabel Annesley", though it is not clear whether this is the artist or donor. Possibly Lady Mabel Marguerite Annesley) E Wyllys Andrews (name of the artist illegible, possibly C Mitchell. Name on back of bookplate also illegible, possibly reads "R F Deymour") Irene and Edmund Andrews Florence Audubon (by Jay Chambers, MCM, possibly 1900. Pictured are birds in flight, possibly swallows, and a squirrel with an acorn) C E Austin (by W F Hopson del. & sc. , 1896. Possibly designed earlier by W E Home inv. 1893) C S B (features horses and riders following a pack of hounds, presumably hunting. Note on back of bookplate reads "after Berwick. Electrotype of orig. block") Carlyle S Baer (5 bookplates. 1 by G D P, possibly George D Perrottet, 1934. 1 by T F, featuring 2 polo players on horseback. 1 by F C Blank, 1926, featuring a heraldic emblem. 1 by artist unknown, featuring a gentleman on horseback jumping a gate on a country road. Pictured in 1 is a horse and trap with rider. Text of bookplate reads "Major Delmar, from the painting of Alexander Pope, 1903. Major Delmar 1:59 3/4 (1903) by Delmar out of Expectation by Autograph. One of the greatest trotting geldings of all time". Carlyle Solomon Baer (by A H N, possibly Arthur H Noll, 1915) Lyle S Baer (2 bookplates. Note on back of 1 bookplate illegible, possibly reads "Etching by Bertha Gorst, A.R.E." or "Etching by Bertha Goist, A.R.E." Note on back of the other reads "by Wm R A Hayes, after von Bayros") Lula Barber Bailey (by E S Sewell, 1938) Merton G L Bailey (by Edward C Caswell, 1926. Includes a round emblem of a sun which reads "Bowdoin Collegii Sigillum 1794") Hettie Gray Baker (6 bookplates, 2 by S Harrod, possibly Stanley Harrod, 1923 and 1924, 2 by Alexander Hess, 1 by artist unknown, featuring sketch of Lawrence of Arabia and the text "Lawrenciana", 1 by V M F. The bookplate by V M F plays on the surname of the owner, reading "Hettie Gray, Baker, owns this book" and features a woman in a baker's hat and carrying a Christmas style pudding. Note on back of bookplate illegible but possibly reads "Verna Forbes" or "Verna Faber" as the artist) Edgar Barclay (by A C) James Barrie Playground (by Carl S Junge. Full text of bookplate reads "Ex Libris, James Barrie Playground, Oak Park. Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves; J M Barrie") Mary F Bartlett (by E F, possibly 1923) H Wheeler Bassett (2 bookplates, 1 by M C, 1 possibly by Victor Stuyvaert, 1930. Note on back of bookplate reads "An Appreciation from Victor Stuyvaert") Curt Bates Curtis E Bates (2 bookplates) Daniel Magee Beach Jr (by W E F. Note on back of bookplate illegible, possibly reads "by Wm Edgar Firhee, USA") Holmes Beckwith (by S C, 1908. Text on bookplate reads "Follow the Gleam") William H Behle Marcus Benjamin (by "K". Picturing a boy riding a hobbyhorse in the form of a book, with a quill pen for a lance) Berkeley Philatelic Society (picturing an open air theatre, with the text "Ex Libris, Berkeley Philatelic Society. Organized April 29 1900. Gift of ...") Muriel Berry Charles H Bertie J E Bicheno (also possibly I E Bicheno. Includes the text "Inter Folia Fructus") Eric N Birks (by John P Davies, 1920) Bohemian Club (2 bookplates, both bearing the motto "Weaving spiders come not here". 1 bears the further text "Presented to the Bohemian Club in memory of Bohemian Harry Durbrow, 1886-1920". The other bookplate reads "Class ... US History; ACC ... Case 38") Phys Boke Y Bonsoms Ebert J Botts (by H N P. Note on back of bookplate illegible, possibly reads "etching by Horaito N Poole, USA" or "etching by Horatio N Poole, USA") W G Bowdoin Walter Bradley Erastus Brainerd (by Andrew Filmer. Full text reads "33.21; Bd. July, 1879; Sigill: Coll: Harvard: Cantab: Nov: Angl: 1650. The Gift of Erastus Brainerd, of Cambridge. {H.U. 1874.}; 16 Oct. 1876.") Warren Breed Arthur K Brewer (by M J Mcl. 1904) Luther Brewer (including the text "Inter Folia Fructus" and "Cedar Rapids 1A") Wheaton Hale Brewer (note on back of bookplate reads "W E F") William Brewster (bookplate features stylised musical notation and includes insets of a church style building and an organist) John Alexander Britton (includes text "Fiat Lux" and "Shreve & Co S.F.") Van E Britton (picturing 2 rooms, 1 a study or library, the other a drawing room or music room with a piano) Earl Brooks (bookplate includes several insets. 1 depicts a beaver upon a shield with 3 downturned shell motifs and the text "Perseverando, Brooks", another depicts 2 snakes coiled around a winged staff, another depicts a 6 pointed star or Star of David upon which is a crown, another depicts a 2 headed eagle perched upon a sword with the number 32 in a triangle on it's breast. The bookplate centrepiece depicts a singing bird) Robert Buchanan (by R B) Harvey Melvin Bufton Henry Tighlman Bull (text reads "Henry Tighlman Bull, United States Cavalry") William Henry and Katharine French Burnham (1900) Alice Burritt Nicholas Murray Butler (by B E Gould) Quantity: 74 b&w art print(s) on bookplates.. Physical Description: Engravings, etchings Provenance: Donated by David Graham in the 1950s.