Bookplate of Lincoln College, Oxford

1904

Muirhead Bone

Associated Names
Muirhead Bone

Artist, Scottish, 1876 - 1953

This is a drawing of a crest for Lincoln College Library, Oxford. The illustration features an intricate coat of arms at the center, with decorative heraldry including a mitre above the shield and decorative ribbons on either side. The shield is divided into sections, each containing different heraldic symbols such as a star, diamonds, and images of deer. In the lower part of the drawing, an architectural scene of the college is depicted, including detailed stonework and a series of buildings. The date 1427 is shown above the coat of arms, along with the name Lincoln College Library & Oxford.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint in black

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 13.02 × 8.26 cm (5 1/8 × 3 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1962

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Dodgson 1909, no. 158


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia; gift to National Gallery of Art, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1930

  • Drawings, Etchings, Lithographs by Muirhead Bone, The Print Club of Philadelphia, 1930, no. 101.

Bibliography

1909

  • Dodgson, Campbell. Etchings & Dry Points by Muirhead Bone: I., 1898-1907. London: Obach & Co., 1909, no. 158.

Wikidata ID

Q64960606

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