The Bookplate of the Printer's Devil, 1896

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Medium

engraving on wove paper

Dimensions

plate: 30.3 x 36.9 cm (11 15/16 x 14 1/2 in.)

sheet: 36.9 x 27.9 cm (14 1/2 x 11 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

2008.1.4

Artists / Makers

Francis Scott King (artist) American, 1850 - 1913

Edwin Babcock Holden (dedicatee) American, 1861 - 1906

Image Use

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Inscription

recto: lower left in graphite: Printer's Devil Bookplate to Mr. E.B. Holden / with compliments of F.S. King Designer & Engraver / Feb. 1896; lower right in graphite: Fifth state-Eight impressions / F.S.K.; lower left corner in graphite in unknown hand (erased): 43/3; verso: lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: APG 9280

Marks and Labels

none

Provenance

artist gift to Edwin Babcock Holden (1861-1907), New York. (C. & J. Goodfriend, New York); purchased by NGA, 2008

Associated Names

Goodfriend, C. & J.
Holden, Edwin Babcock