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Design

1908 (made)
Artist/Maker
C. F. A. Voysey (designer)
Place of origin
London

Design for a bookplate decorated with a central sacred heart (with cross) inside foliate border (left half vines, right half olive branches).


Object details

Categories
Drawings
Designs
Object type
Design
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink
Pen and Ink
Brief description
Design by C. F. A. Voysey for a book-plate for Ellison Annesley Voysey, London, 1908
Physical description
Design for a bookplate decorated with a central sacred heart (with cross) inside foliate border (left half vines, right half olive branches).
Dimensions
  • Height: 220mm
  • Width: 115mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'ELLISON ANNESLEY VOYSEY' (Inscribed in capitals)
  • 'olive for peacemaking / vine for [illegible] and fertility / crown, self control / cross, self sacrifice' (Inscribed on the reverse)
Credit line
Given by C.F.A Voysey by request of the Museum
Object history
Ellison Annesley Voysey was C. F. A. Voysey's brother
Subjects depicted
Heart
Cross
Olive Branch
Vines
Foliage
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.295-1913

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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