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Description: | RU s. b.r. "J. HERBERT McNAIR. INV. DELT"; d. b.l. "-1896-"; inscr. t.c. "JOHN TURNBULL KNOX / HIS BOOK"; inscr. b.c. (left) "NOURISHED BY MIDDLE EARTH / BREATHED ON BY HEAVENLY / DEW,"; inscr. b.c. (right; continuation of the text from above) "FLOURISHED A TREE OF WORTH / FLOURISHED AND / GREW."; inscr. b.c. "THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE" inscr. in pencil c.v. "3 inches/ 5/5" DES MACNAIR, James Herbert; (Scottish; 1868-1955) Collecting and designing bookplates were fashionable activities at the turn of the last century. Competitions were run by art journals, an 'Ex Libris' society founded, and major private collections established. Given the McNairs' interest in literary sources, it is not surprising that they too produced bookplates. Knox has not as yet been securely identified. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | ETCHING : BOOKPLATE : KNOX, JOHN TURNBULL : TREE OF KNOWLEDGE : BOOK : PLANT FORMS : FEMALE FIGURES : BIRD : CRM ONLINE : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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