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Bookplate of Edward Lewton Penny: P.125a-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Bookplate of Edward Lewton Penny
Set of Bookplates

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1923) by Perceval, Spencer George

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1885

Note

With Latin and Greek inscriptions. The Latin reads: "unhappily submerged and badly treated in the Bermuda Islands". And the Greek warns that anyone who does not return a book is committing a sin.

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Hand colouring
Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.125a-R
Primary reference Number: 130308
Old object number: T.125a
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 5 January 2022 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

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