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Print

1928 (published)
Artist/Maker
Longmans, Green & Co. (publisher)
Towndrow (artist)
Place of origin
Britain (made)

Colour line block printed book jacket for 'Cannon Law', mounted on black card. Signed by the artist and inscribed in ink in another hand on the back with the artist's and publisher's names.

Object details

Categories
Books
Illustration
Object type
Print
Materials and techniques
Colour line block
Brief description
Book jacket design by Kenneth Romney Towndrow for an edition of 'Cannon Law' by T. C. Paynter, published London, 1928.
Physical description
Colour line block printed book jacket for 'Cannon Law', mounted on black card. Signed by the artist and inscribed in ink in another hand on the back with the artist's and publisher's names.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.6cm
  • Width: 13.3cm
Bibliographic reference
The plot description on the jacket cover is as follows: '"Szandria, a small Caucasian kingdom, is ruled by a half English girl Queen. The country is faced with trouble in its mining area, fomented by Bolshevik agents and complicated by the scheming of Selby Hankinson, American financier. Anthony de Falbec, a pretender to the throne, allows himself to be used as a figure head by the revolutionary party, only to realize his folly at the 11th hour. Szandria refuses to place herself under Soviet Russia and is overwhelmed in scenes of bloodshed and violence in spite of heroic resistance of her little army".
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.655-1982

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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