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Book-Plate

1850-1873 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bookplate or letter head consisting of a shield within a quatrefoil surmounted by a crown with a hunting horn below and an address beneath.

There are sharp creases at the top and bottom of the book plate.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Wood engraving on laid paper
Brief description
Bookplate designed by W. Harry Rogers and engraved on wood by William Michael Roberts Quick.
Physical description
Bookplate or letter head consisting of a shield within a quatrefoil surmounted by a crown with a hunting horn below and an address beneath.

There are sharp creases at the top and bottom of the book plate.
Dimensions
  • Height: 23cm
  • Width: 17.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'WHR' 'WQ' (Signatures; On either side of quatrefoil.; wood-engraving; ink)
  • 'LONDON / RIFLE / VOLUNTEER / BRIGADE' (Bookplate; Within segments of quatrefoil.; wood-engraving; ink)
  • 'HEAD QUARTERS / 17. FINSBURY PLACESOUTH' (Bookplate; Beneath bookplate.; wood-engraving; ink)
Credit line
Purchased with the Assistance of the Friends of the National Libraries
Object history
Historical significance: These book illustrations are part of the W.Harry Rogers Archive and to quote the information on the archive provided by 'RW' on 6 February 1998 on the registered file 1997/1476:-
'It is extraordinarily rare to have this kind of documentation at this level of production for the middle decades of the 19th century. The fact the (sic) the state of the designs ranges from rough sketches to finished drawings and proofs allows the pieces to document the design process very closely.'
Bibliographic references
  • Engen, Rodney K. 'Dictionary of Victorian Wood Engravers'. Cambridge: Chadwyck-Healey, 1985. 251 p. and 213 - 4 p. ISBN 0859641392
  • Houfe, Simon 'The Dictionary of British Book Illustrators and Caricaturists'. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Baron Publishing, Antique Collectors' Club, revised 1981 437 p. ISBN 0902028731
  • Ball, Douglas 'Victorian Publishers' Bindings.' London: The Library Association, 1985. 90 p. and 155 p.
Collection
Accession number
E.1134-1998

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Record createdJuly 10, 2000
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