Lee, Brian North, "Bookplate Designs by Richard Shirley Smith." The Private Library 10 (Summer, 1977), 1977
- Call Number:
- MSS 17
- Holdings:
- [Request]
- Creator:
- Lee, Brian North
- Title(s):
- "Bookplate Designs by Richard Shirley Smith." The Private Library 10 (Summer, 1977).
- Date:
- 1977
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Series I: Books and Articles on Richard Shirley Smith
- Part of Collection:
- volume Moss no. 2
- Provenance:
- Gift of Roger W. Moss, 2011
- Conditions Governing Access:
- The materials are open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use:
- Copyright UndeterminedThe collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
- Scope and Content:
- With reproductions of six bookplates: Timothy Harman [1962, Bain no. 33, North Lee no. 3], Jacob Rothschild [1973, Bain no. 215, North Lee no. 9], John Retallack [1974, Bain no. 232, North Lee no.11], James Ley Wilson [1974, Bain no. 231, North Lee no. 10], Michael J. Mitchell [1975, Bain no. 236, North Lee no. 13], and Sir George Taylor [1974, Bain no. 233, North Lee no. 12] and four engraved labels: ASHMANSWORTH/ NR NEWBURY * BERKS * [c.1962, for Joyce Finzi, not in Bain], NIGEL FINZI [c.1962, not in Bain], DR ALEC HAY/ 9 WOODSTOCK ROAD/BEDFORD PARK/LONDON .W.4 [c. 1962, not in Bain], and PAX for Valentine Ackland [1962, Bain no. 35]. Sewn soft cover. The British bookplate scholar Brian North Lee (1936-2007) became aware of Richard Shirley Smith's engraved bookplates in the early 1970s and his several publications on Shirley Smith spanning nearly twenty years (here listed together in chronological order) brought that branch of his art to the attention of an international audience. A record for this item is also available in the <extref xlink:type="simple" xlink:actuate="onRequest" xlink:show="new" xlink:href="http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/10457032">Yale University Library Catalog.</extref>
- Physical Description:
- Pp. 84-93 ; 214 x 138 mm
- Finding Aid Title:
- Roger W. Moss Collection of Manuscript, Original Art and Printed Material by and about Richard Shirley Smith
- Collection PDF:
- https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/5884.pdf
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2395949
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2395949?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1