Margaret Coen - papers, 1892, 1930, date unknown, concerning Norman Lindsay

MLMSS 5978/Box 1X

fonds

1892, 1930, date unknown

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Drawings

89566

0.16 metres of textual material (1 outsize box)
Textual Records
Drawings
Textual Records - (printed)

Margaret Coen (1909-1993) was a prominent Australian watercolour and landscape artist. She maintained a longtime friendship with Norman Lindsay, who introduced her to the style of watercolour painting which she executed throughout her life. Coen was a collector of Lindsay's works and a beneficiary of his estate.

1892, 1930, date unkown; The Poems of Master Francois Villon, now first done into English verse, in the original forms, with a biographical and critical introduction, by John Payne. London: Printed for the Villon Society by private subscription and for private circulation only, 1892. Limited edition of numbered copies, this being hand-numbered 49. This copy bears the bookplate of James Henry Crofts, and was formerly presented to and inscribed: 'To N.L. with kindest wishes H.H. [Howard Hinton] April 1930'. Features original pen & ink and pencil drawings by Norman Lindsay. (Call No.: ML MSS 5978/1X/1)
Between 1892 and 1930; The Shelley Myth by Norman Lindsay, being a manuscript article with many alterations. Leather bound with gold lettering and gold tooling on front cover, and marbled endpapers, by J.A. Martyn, Bookbinder, Sydney, N.S.W. Bears Margaret Coen's bookplate, designed by Norman Lindsay. (Call No.: ML MSS 5978/1X/2)