[Bookplate of English author, Mrs. G. Linnaeus Banks] (LOC)

[Bookplate of English author, Mrs. G. Linnaeus Banks]

 

[ca. 1876]

 

1 print : woodcut ; bookplate 11.2 x 8.7 cm.

 

Notes:

Artist's initials, lower right undecipherd.

Pencil inscription on back of plate: "Recd. Oct. 16, [19]25 from J. H. Seers".

Handwritten biographical information about Mrs. Banks accompanies plate.

Title devised by Library staff.

Print shows books on shelves, with Mrs. Bank's book "The Manchester Man" opened on a table in the foreground.

Forms part of the Ruthven Deane Bookplate Collection.

 

Subjects:

Banks, G. Linnaeus--(George Linnaeus)--Mrs.,--1821-1897--Associated objects.

 

Format: Bookplates--1870-1880.

Woodcuts--1870-1880.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.15513

 

Call Number: Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1935:144.2997 [item]

 

 

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