Bookplate of Harold Wright (1923)

Charles Thrupp Nightingale

woodcut on oriental paper

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Classification:

Print, Bookplate

Materials:

Oriental paper

Physical Object Description:

Bookplate of Harold Wright; monk seated at table, studying book, with border of Latin text in gothic script. 1923 Woodcut, printed on oriental paper. Signed with initials on block and lettered in border: "Tam diu discendum est quamdiu nescias et quamdiu vivas/Seneca/ Cp.76.2 /Harold J L Wright". Signed and dated.

Technique:

Woodcut

Dimensions:

9 x 6.5 cm

Accession Number:

1925,0314.32

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1925

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Harold James Lean Wright (1885-1961); gift to the Contemporary Art Society, by whom presented to the British Museum, 1925

Relationship:

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

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