Book-Plate
1875-1900 (made)
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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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| 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. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by G.H. Gabb |
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| 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 created | June 30, 2009 |
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