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Bookplate for Eliza Carte
Arthur Heygate Mackmurdolate 19th century
William Morris Gallery
Walthamstow, London, United Kingdom
Bookplate design with a rose, thorns and butterflies. Designed by Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo for his wife Eliza D'Oyly Carte. The original design for this bookplate is also in the William Morris Gallery collection (A204vi). The inscription on this bookplate reads ‘keep the sayings of renowned men’ and is taken from the Hebrew Book of Sirach, 39:2.
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Details
- Title: Bookplate for Eliza Carte
- Creator: Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo
- Date Created: late 19th century
- Type: print
- Rights: © William Morris Gallery, London Borough of Waltham Forest
- Physical Dimensions: 10.8 x 6 cm
- Object Number: K266
- Medium: woodblock print on paper
- Credit line: Mackmurdo bequest, 1941
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