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1875-1900 (made)
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Place of origin

Pictorial bookplate illustrating a desk with a microscope, writing paper and books flooded with light from an open window, and a bookcase behind the desk. An empty chair is at the desk. A single iris in a vase sits on the windowsill. A painting is hung above the bookcase depicting a Venetian scene. Boxes above and below read "EX LIBRIS" and "F. RANSOM" and the image is contained in a frame containing leeches, slugs and other gastropods.

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
engraving
Brief description
Book-plate of F. Ransom. Engraving, English, 1875-1900
Physical description
Pictorial bookplate illustrating a desk with a microscope, writing paper and books flooded with light from an open window, and a bookcase behind the desk. An empty chair is at the desk. A single iris in a vase sits on the windowsill. A painting is hung above the bookcase depicting a Venetian scene. Boxes above and below read "EX LIBRIS" and "F. RANSOM" and the image is contained in a frame containing leeches, slugs and other gastropods.
Dimensions
  • Height: 3.875in
  • Width: 2.625in
Credit line
Bequeathed by G.H. Gabb
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1949, London: HMSO, 1961.
Collection
Accession number
E.21-1949

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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