drawing;
album
- Museum number
- 1962,0809.1.8
- Description
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Design for book cover; repeating pattern featuring ears of wheat and flowers.
Pen and ink, with touches of graphite.
- Production date
- 1881-1931
- Dimensions
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Height: 175 millimetres
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Width: 97 millimetres
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- Curator's comments
- This book binding was designed for a copy of Dante Gabriel Rossetti's 'The Blessed Damozel' (first published 1850), which was owned by H.W. Bell. A photograph of the finished cover is also mounted in the album (1962,0809.1.6).
This drawing is mounted on the same album leaf as 1962,0809.1.7.
From an album of 46 drawings by Charles Ricketts and Charles Shannon, containing designs for book covers and illustrations, and architectural studies.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The Blessed Demozel
- Acquisition date
- 1962
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1962,0809.1.8