Bookplate of Lessing and Edith Rosenwald

1930

David Young Cameron

Associated Names
David Young Cameron

Artist, Scottish, 1865 - 1945

This is a drawing of an ornate bookplate design featuring names and decorative elements. The image presents a bookplate with the names "LESSING AND EDITH ROSENWALD" prominently displayed in the center. Above and below the names are circular floral motifs depicting roses with intricate detailing. Near the bottom, there is an image within an oval frame showing a landscape with a mountain and a calm body of water. The entire design is enclosed in a stylized, decorative border with swirls and flourishes.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 15 × 10 cm (5 7/8 × 3 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 17.2 × 11.4 cm (6 3/4 × 4 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1980.45.286

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rinder 1932, no. 489

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia; gift to National Gallery of Art, 1980.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1932

  • Rinder, Frank. D.Y. Cameron, an illustrated catalogue of his etchings and drypoints, 1887-1932. Glasgow: Jackson, Wylie and Company, 1932.

Inscriptions

in plate center: LESSING / AND / EDITH / ROSENWALD; in plate lower left: DYC; below plate lower right in graphite: D.Y. Cameron

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65567732

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