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No.
187 Autumn 1999
The
Renaissance of Copper-Engraved Bookplates in Britain [ continued
from here ]
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| George
W. Eve's medium-sized ex-libris for the Royal Library at Windsor Castle,
etched in 1911. The Royal arms within the Garter are interesting in
that, when amending the coppers of the Queen Victoria series for use
in the reign of Edward VII, Eve gave the Irish harp Celtic ornament,
reiterated here, and he has also included a Celtic frieze at top.
The roses, thistles and shamrock, less burgeoning than before, assist
this composition's quiet dignity and assurance. |
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| JAC
Harrison engraved this bookplate for Sir Arthur Hamilton Lee, 1st
Viscount Lee of Fareham (1868 - 1947), and prints occurs in three
states. Lee chose the wrong moment, in 1918, to commission an ex-libris,
for as it was finished he was created Baron, so only 27 proofs were
taken. Modified by 23 August of that year to read "EX LIBRIS
LORD & LADY LEE OF FAREHAM", it was amended again in 1927
for him as Viscount, incorporating the collar of the Most Exalted
Order of the Star of India, etc. Arms: Argent two chevronels between
three leopards' faces sable, in the centre point an inescutcheon chequy
or and purpure. Crest: On a naval coronet or a leopard's face sable.
Supporters: Dexter, a female figure proper, habited argent, holding
in her exterior hand a sheaf of wheat also proper; sinister, a like
figure charged on the breast with a Latin cross gules and holding
in her exterior hand a grenade fired or. Interestingly, the faces
of the supporters were altered for this third state to depict Viscountess
Lee and her sister. Presumably the inescutcheon chequy refers to the
Chequers estate, which Lord and Lady Lee gave to the nation in 1920
as a residence for prime ministers. |
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| Robert
Osmond engraved this elaborate armorial for Charles Hesketh Fleetwood-Hesketh
(1871 - 1947) in 1911. Charles, the only surviving son of John Bibby,
of Hart hall, Allerton, Liverpool and his second wife, Anna Maria
Emily Fleetwood, eldest daughter of the Rev. Charles Hesketh, took
the surname and arms of Hesketh by Royal Licence in 1899 and, by Royal
Licence in 10907, the surname and arms of Fleetwood-Hesketh. With
two helms and crests, and elaborate mantling on a shaded ground, this
shows Osmond at his most ambitious, and he has contrived to incorporate
twenty-five quarterings, which you might endeavour to identify had
you an original print to study instead of this reproduction. |
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| George
Taylor Friend's bookplate for Earl Mountbatten of Burma, engraved
probably soon after 1947. Within the Garter, Quarterly, 1st and 4th,
Hesse modified; 2nd and 3rd, Battenberg; charged at the honour point
with an inescutcheon of the Royal arms with a label of three points
argent, the centre point charged with a rose gules and each of the
others with an ermine spot sable (Princess Alice, his grandmother);
helms and crests of Hesse modified and Battenberg; supporters, Two
Lions queue fourchee and crowned all or. His earlier bookplate as
Lord Louis Mountbatten by Acheson Batchelor shows the lions double-queued
(see my British Royal Bookplates, 1992, pp.15, 135 & 136). |
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