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1293166
  • Title
    Item 01: Australian bookplates by various artists, 1883-1933
  • Call number
    DL PX 184/Box 1/Folder 1
  • Level of description
    file
  • Date

    1883-1933
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    1293166
  • Physical Description
    52 prints (1 folder) - various sizes.
  • Scope and Content
    Australian bookplates by various artists

    Inside front cover
    Plate owner: Tyrrell, James Robert
    Plate name: James R. Tyrrell
    Artist: John B. Godson (initialed JBG)
    Description: A man seated at a desk, facing to the right, examines an artwork with a magnifying glass. Two works of art hang before him, and there are some books at his feet
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 plate, black & white, 16.7 x 10.9 cm

    p. 1
    Plate owner: Tyrrell, James Robert
    Plate name: James R. Tyrrell
    Artist: John B. Godson (initialed JBG)
    Description: A man seated at a desk, facing to the right, examines an artwork with a magnifying glass. Two works of art hang before him, and there are some books at his feet
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 plate, black & white, 15.7 x 10.7 cm

    Plate owner: Tyrrell, James Robert
    Plate name: James R. Tyrrell
    Artist: John B. Godson (initialed JBG)
    Description: A man seated at a desk, facing to the left, examines an artwork with a magnifying glass. Two works of art hang before him, and there are some books at his feet
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 plate, black & white, 13.5 x 9 cm

    p. 2
    Plate owner: Tyrrell, James Robert
    Plate name: James R. Tyrrell
    Artist: Gayfield Shaw
    Description: Three aboriginal figures
    Date: 1933
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 16.2 x 12.5 cm

    p. 3
    Plate owner: Mullins, George Lane
    Plate name: George Lane Mullins
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Ne cede malis”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 8.8 x 7.1 cm

    Plate owner: Bland, William
    Plate name: William Bland
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial shield
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 8.5 x 6.5 cm

    Plate owner: Macfarlane, J.
    Plate name: J. Macfarlane
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Laboranti numen adest”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 8.3 x 6.5 cm

    Plate owner: Nicholson, Charles
    Plate name: Sir Charles Nicholson
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Virtus sola nobilitas”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 9.3 x 7.6 cm

    p. 4
    Plate owner: Dixson, Sir William
    Plate name: William Dixson
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Fortes fortuna juvat”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 15 x 10.9 cm

    Plate owner: Dixson, Sir William
    Plate name: William Dixson
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Fortes fortuna juvat”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 5.6 x 8.6 cm

    p. 5
    Plate owner: Heydon, L. F.
    Plate name: The Hon L. F. Heydon, M.L.C.
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Book label
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 3.8 x 7.5 cm

    Plate owner: Smyth, Samuel H.
    Plate name: Samuel H. Smyth
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Book label
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, coloured, 2.8 x 6 cm

    Plate owner: Martin, George
    Plate name: Rev. George Martin
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Book label
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, coloured, 2.2 x 6 cm

    Plate owner: Colquhoun, George
    Plate name: George Colquhoun, Solicitor, Maitland
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Book label
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 3.3 x 6.7 cm

    Plate owner: Scotch College (Swanbourne, W.A.)
    Plate name: Scotch College Perth Western Australia
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Book label
    Date: n. d.
    Size: Gold stamp on red background, 6.2 x 7.1 cm

    Plate owner: French, I.
    Plate name: Rev. I. French
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Book label
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 4.6 x 8.1 cm

    Plate owner: Toxteth Park Library
    Plate name: Toxteth Park Library
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Book label
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 4.5 x 5.5 cm

    Plate owner: Davis, Henry Francis
    Plate name: Henry Francis Davis
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Book label
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 6 x 8 cm

    p. 6
    Plate owner: Canberry Church Lending Library
    Plate name: Canberry Church Lending Library
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Book label with list of lending rules
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 13 x 8 cm

    p. 7
    Plate owner: Australian Subscription Library
    Plate name: Australian Subscription Library
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Book label
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, coloured, 3.9 x 6.8 cm

    Plate owner: Cuthell
    Plate name: Mrs Cuthell
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Book label
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 5.7 x 8.2 cm

    Plate owner: Harper, Walter R.
    Plate name: Walter R. Harper
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Book label
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 9.3 x 7.1 cm

    Plate owner: Rich, C. R.
    Plate name: C. R. Rich
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Book label
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 6.7 x 8.8 cm

    Plate owner: Attorney General, Crown Law Offices
    Plate name: The Attorney General, Crown Law Offices
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Book label
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, coloured, 9.1 x 12.2 cm

    p. 8
    Plate owner: Jeffery, Walter
    Plate name: A book of Walter Jeffery
    Artist: Lionel Lindsay
    Description: A sailing ship displaying a number of flags, including one dated 1710
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 15.6 x 12.1 cm

    p. 9
    Plate owner: Thomson, Edward Deas
    Plate name: Edward Deas Thomson
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Fortis in arduis”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 8 x 5.6 cm

    Plate owner: Stephens, E.
    Plate name: Miss E. Stephens
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Book label, Sydney Technical College. First prize. Painting. December 1883
    Date: 1883
    Size: Gold stamp on red background, 7.2 x 10.2 cm

    Plate owner: Thackeray, Francis St. John
    Plate name: Francis St. John Thackeray
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Resolve well persevere”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 11.3 x 7.6 cm

    Plate owner: Thomson, John Deas
    Plate name: John Deas Thomson
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Fortis in arduis”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 9.5 x 7.2 cm

    p. 10
    Plate owner: M., F.
    Plate name: F. M. his book
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Female nude and scroll with verse
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 10.7 x 7.6 cm

    Plate owner: Souter, D. H.
    Plate name: Ex libris D. H. Souter
    Artist: D. H. Souter
    Description: Cat with waratah
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 8.8 x 6 cm

    Plate owner: Shakespeare Society of New South Wales
    Plate name: Ex libris The Shakespeare Society of N. S. Wales
    Artist: D. H. Souter
    Description: Female figure holding a shield with armorial “Non sanz droict”, flanked by two theatrical masks
    Date: 1907
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 14 x 9.8 cm

    p. 11
    Plate owner: Bayldon, Francis J.
    Plate name: Ex libris Francis J. Bayldon
    Artist: G. C. Ingleton
    Description: Armorial “Frappe forte” above a sailing ship labeled “The Endeavour entering Botany Bay on 19th April 1770”
    Date: 1933
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 16.3 x 11.2 cm

    Plate owner: Burdekin, Beaufort
    Plate name: Beaufort Burdekin
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Virtus summa nobilitas”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 11.3 x 8.2 cm

    Plate owner: Billyard, William Whaley
    Plate name: Wm. Whaley Billyard
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Spe dives re pauper”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 10.2 x 6.5 cm

    p. 12
    Plate owner: Blaxland
    Plate name: Blaxland, Wollun
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Juste et fortiter”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 11.2 x 8 cm

    Plate owner: Mitchell Library
    Plate name: This book was presented to The Mitchell Library Sydney by…
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Deo favente”, “Eureka”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 10 x 6.5 cm

    Plate owner: Levick, James
    Plate name: James Levick
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Fortiter”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 9.3 x 6.1 cm

    Plate owner: Stuart, T. P. Anderson
    Plate name: T. P. Anderson Stuart, M. D. Professor
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Nobilis ira”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 11.5 x 7.8 cm

    p. 13
    Plate owner: Duncan, W. A.
    Plate name: W. A. Duncan C. M. G.
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Disce pati”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 11.5 x 7.6 cm

    Plate owner: Mitchell, David Scott
    Plate name: David Scott Mitchell
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Deo favente”, “Eureka”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 9.9 x 8.5 cm

    Plate owner: Lord, Arthur B.
    Plate name: Ex libris Arthur B. Lord
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: A knight carrying a sword and shield, mounted on a horse, before a shining sun
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 10.5 x 8 cm

    Plate owner: Bridges, Fred
    Plate name: Fred Bridges
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Be just and fear not”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 13.2 x 9.8 cm

    p. 14
    Plate owner: Forsaith, Thomas Spencer
    Plate name: Thomas Spencer Forsaith
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Instaurator ruinae”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 10 x 7.6 cm

    Plate owner: Carr, William
    Plate name: William Carr
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Nil desperandum”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 10.1 x 7.2 cm

    Plate owner: S., A.
    Plate name: A S
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Honestas summa prudentia”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 6 x 8 cm

    Plate owner: Riley, William E.
    Plate name: William E. Riley
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Fortitudine et prudentia”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 10 x 7.8 cm

    Plate owner: Therry, Roger
    Plate name: Roger Therry
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “E cruce leo”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 9.9 x 6 cm

    Plate owner: Not identified
    Plate name: Not identified
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Pro patria”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 5.2 x 4.5 cm

    p. 15
    Plate owner: Moore
    Plate name: Moore
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial with shield
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 9.5 x 6.6 cm

    Plate owner: Wearing, William Alfred
    Plate name: William Alfred Wearing
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Semper idem”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 9.1 x 6.2 cm

    Plate owner: Oldham, C. Augustus
    Plate name: C. Augustus Oldham
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Amore fideque”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 11.4 x 7.6 cm

    Plate owner: Richards, John
    Plate name: John Richards
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Haud sine spe”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 9.8 x 6.5 cm

    p. 16
    Plate owner: Robinson, John Stephen
    Plate name: John Stephen Robinson
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Solo in deo salus”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 11.1 x 7.5 cm

    Plate owner: Goring, H. D.
    Plate name: H. D. Goring
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 9.1 x 6.4 cm

    Plate owner: Plunkett, John Hubert
    Plate name: John Hubert Plunkett
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Festina lente”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 9.2 x 6.5 cm

    Plate owner: Vidal, George
    Plate name: George Vidal
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “In cruce spes mea”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 12 x 9.6 cm

    p. 17
    Plate owner: Tenison-Woods, Julian Edmund
    Plate name: Rev. Julian Edmund Tenison-Woods
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Vota vita mea”, “Fortitudine luctor”, “Nil temere”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 8.6 x 6.2 cm

    Plate owner: Dowling, James
    Plate name: Sir James Dowling Knt.
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Fortis et egregious”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 12.9 x 10.1 cm

    Plate owner: Robinson, Hercules
    Plate name: Rosmead
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Legi regi fidus”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 12.6 x 9.4 cm

    Plate owner: Steel, Hugh Peden
    Plate name: Hugh Peden Steel his book
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Ferro non furto”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 5.5 x 9 cm

    p. 18
    Plate owner: David, T. W. Edgeworth
    Plate name: T. W. Edgeworth David
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Ffyddlon hyd angau”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 11.4 x 7.5 cm

    Plate owner: Clarke, C. Wilder
    Plate name: Ex libris Revd C. Wilder Clarke
    Artist: F. Meade-Norton (initialed FMN)
    Description: Sundial and tree before billowing clouds
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, coloured, 9.5 x 6.7 cm

    Plate owner: Barnett, Neville G.
    Plate name: Neville G. Barnett
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 9.2 x 6 cm

    Plate owner: Marks, Ernest S.
    Plate name: Ex libris Ernest S. Marks
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Bookcase, sporting equipment, picture of a greyhound
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 10.7 x 7.7 cm

    p. 19
    Plate owner: Tyas, J. Walter
    Plate name: J. Walter Tyas
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Tais”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 9.3 x 6.2 cm

    Plate owner: Knox, James
    Plate name: James Knox
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Moveo et propitior”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 10 x 6.8 cm

    Plate owner: Walsh, Francis A.
    Plate name: Francis A. Walsh
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Sans tache”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 8.2 x 7.7 cm

    Plate owner: Sheridan, Richard Bingham
    Plate name: Richard Bingham Sheridan
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Cervus lacessitus leone”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 9.5 x 6 cm

    p. 20
    Plate owner: Hutchinson, W. A.
    Plate name: W. A. Hutchinson
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Cunctanter tamen fortiter”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 10.2 x 6.3 cm

    Plate owner: Stephens, Ethel A.
    Plate name: Ethel A. Stephens
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Buddhist proverb, with picture of figures ascending a path toward a moonlit mountain peak
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 9.7 x 5.7 cm

    Plate owner: Harper, Cecil Henry
    Plate name: Cecil Henry Harper, F.R.G.S.
    Artist: Initialed W.P.B.
    Description: Armorial “Firm and true”
    Date: 1914
    Size: 1 plate, black & white, 16.3 x 13.3 cm

    p. 21
    Plate owner: Young, Alexander
    Plate name: Ex libris Alexander Young
    Artist: Moginie, Arthur Harold
    Description: Harbour landscape, framed by wildflowers
    Date: 1911
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 15 x 9.5 cm

    Plate owner: Hirst, William Henry Abbott
    Plate name: William Henry Abbott Hirst
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 9 x 6.7 cm

    Plate owner: Bertie, Charles H.
    Plate name: Ex libris Charles H. Bertie
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Old library, with shelves identified by subject matter
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 10.7 x 7.6 cm

    Plate owner: Jaffray, J. R.
    Plate name: J. R. Jaffray
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Post nubila phoebus”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 9.7 x 7.7 cm

    p. 22
    Plate owner: Reynolds, Margaret
    Plate name: Margaret Reynolds her book
    Artist: Lionel Lindsay
    Description: Woman standing under a tree looking out at a sailing ship in the harbour, with a kookaburra reading a book in the foreground
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 20.3 x 13.5 cm


    p. 23
    Plate owner: Ferguson, John A.
    Plate name: Ex libris John A. Ferguson
    Artist: Lionel Lindsay
    Description: Bespectacled koala reading in a library, with a view out the window of Sydney Harbour showing Fort Denison
    Date: 1914
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 12.4 x 9 cm

    Plate owner: City of Adelaide Corporation Library
    Plate name: City of Adelaide Corporation Library Town Hall
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Ut prosint omnibus conjuncti”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 9.3 x 7.6 cm

    Plate owner: Jeffery, Walter
    Plate name: A book of Walter Jeffery
    Artist: Lionel Lindsay
    Description: A sailing ship displaying a number of flags, including one dated 1710
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, sepia, 15.7 x 9.2 cm

    p. 25
    Plate owner: Dowling, James
    Plate name: Sir James Dowling Knt.
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Fortis et egregious”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 12.9 x 10.1 cm

    p. 26
    Plate owner: Milligan, Blanche
    Plate name: Ex libris Blanche Milligan
    Artist: Lionel Lindsay
    Description: Letter opener resting on an open book, before a lighted candle and some Australian wildflowers
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, sepia, 20 x 14 cm

    p. 27
    Plate owner: Bennett, George
    Plate name: George Bennett, M.D.
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 10.2 x 6.3 cm

    Plate owner: Maitland, Herbert L.
    Plate name: Sir Herbert L. Maitland, M.B.
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Consilio et animus”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 5.6 x 8.8 cm

    Plate owner: Marks, Percy J.
    Plate name: One of the books of Percy J. Marks
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Ornate bookcase carved with waratahs, owls, and stars of David
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 10.4 x 8 cm

    Plate owner: Tyrrell, James Robert
    Plate name: James Robert Tyrrell
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Floral motif with the phrase “Books wind into the heart”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 10.6 x 8.6 cm

    Plate owner: Allen, George
    Plate name: George Allen
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Summa rerum vestigia sequor”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 8.4 x 6.6 cm

    p. 28
    Plate owner: Mullins, Barbara Lane
    Plate name: This book belongs to Barbara Lane Mullins
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Japanese style print of a girl dressed in a kimono reading a book, with some animals, and a view out of the door of a landscape, surrounded by a floral border
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, coloured, 10.7 x 8.2 cm

    Plate owner: Mullins, Marjorie Mary Lane
    Plate name: Marjorie Mary Lane Mullins her book
    Artist: Ruby Lindsay
    Description: A girl, holding a doll, reading a book with a dog
    Date: 1908
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 12.3 x 8.6 cm

    Plate owner: St. John’s Grammar School, Parramatta
    Plate name: St. John’s Grammar School Parramatta. Awarded to…
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Lux venit ab alto”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 12 x 7.6 cm

    Plate owner: Camden College Library, Sydney
    Plate name: Camden College Library, Sydney
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Cross with biblical verse on a scroll, and the motto “Lux vita libertas” at the bottom
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 9.7 x 7 cm

    p. 29
    Plate owner: Mullins, Thomas Lane
    Plate name: Thomas Lane Mullins, Captain & Adjutant, N.S.W. Field Artillery
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Ne cede malis”, with a cannon and a tent in the background
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 8.7 x 11 cm

    Plate owner: Mullins, John Francis Lane
    Plate name: John Francis Lane Mullins, M.A.
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Ne cede malis”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 11.2 x 8.7 cm

    Plate owner: Mullins, George Lane
    Plate name: George Lane Mullins. M.A.. M.D.
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Ne cede malis”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 9.7 x 7.8 cm

    Plate owner: Mullins, George Lane
    Plate name: George Lane Mullins. M.A.. M.D.
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Ne cede malis”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 11.4 x 10.2 cm

    p. 30
    Plate owner: Ashton, Bertha
    Plate name: Bertha Ashton her book
    Artist: Norman Lindsay (initialed N.L.)
    Description: Friar reading a book inscribed “Rabelais” with a devilish figure in the background
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, coloured, 11.8 x 6.6 cm

    Plate owner: Elkington, John Simeon Colebrook
    Plate name: Ex libris J.S.C. Elkington
    Artist: Norman Lindsay (initialed N.L.)
    Description: Three impish figures operating a printing press
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 10.4 x 6.3 cm

    Plate owner: Josephi, Hjalmar
    Plate name: Hjalmar Josephi his book
    Artist: Norman Lindsay (initialed N.L.)
    Description: Four impish figures operating a printing press, with two more reading a book in the foreground
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 11.2 x 7.7 cm

    Plate owner: Champion, Elsie Belle
    Plate name: Elsie Belle Champion her book
    Artist: Norman Lindsay (initialed N.L.)
    Description: A young woman holding some flowers and a youth reading a book, in a field with flowers
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 13.9 x 7.8 cm

    p. 31
    Plate owner: Hamilton, A.
    Plate name: Ex libris A. Hamilton. Dominion Museum. Wellington. N. Z.
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Intricate design featuring several Maori figures
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 11 x 7.8 cm

    Plate owner: Selwyn, Arthur E.
    Plate name: Revd. Arthur E. Selwyn
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial design with shield
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 9.4 x 6.3 cm

    Plate owner: Hocken, Thomas Moreland
    Plate name: Thomas Moreland Hocken
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Hoc in loco dues rupes”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 9.8 x 6.4 cm

    Plate owner: [B., T. D. C. ?]
    Plate name: [T. D. C. B. ?] Lowry Bay. N. Z.
    Artist: W. P. Barrett (initialed W.P.B.)
    Description: Ornate monogram
    Date: 1909
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 11.4 x 9.3 cm

    p. 32
    Plate owner: Johns, Fred
    Plate name: Fred Johns his book
    Artist: Smith, Sydney Ure (initialed S.U.S.)
    Description: Book and lamp against a floral background
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 8 x 8 cm

    Plate owner: Charlton, W. R.
    Plate name: W. R. Charlton his book
    Artist: Smith, Sydney Ure
    Description: Little boy holding a book and a quill pen
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 9.8 x 6.9 cm

    p. 33
    Plate owner: Tracy, Madeleine
    Plate name: Madeleine Tracy her book
    Artist: John Shirlow
    Description: River view with a floral border
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, coloured, 10.7 x 9.7 cm

    Plate owner: Griffin, Audrey
    Plate name: Audrey Griffin
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial with griffin
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 7.5 x 7.1 cm

    Plate owner: Preece, W. Ewart
    Plate name: Ex libris W. Ewart Preece
    Artist: Initialed A.F.
    Description: A man smoking a pipe is sitting under a tree and reading a book, with a dog at his feet and a boomerang inscribed “Aurea mediocria”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 11.5 x 9 cm

    Plate owner: Clement, P. Curzon
    Plate name: P. Curzon Clement
    Artist: John Shirlow
    Description: Armorial “Vita sine literis mors est”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 10 x 7 cm

    p. 34
    Plate owner: Walker, Eadith Campbell
    Plate name: Eadith Campbell Walker
    Artist: W. P. Barrett (initialed W.P.B.)
    Description: Elaborate monogram surrounded by a floral design with the inscription “Still am I busie books assembling for to have plentie it is a pleasant thing”
    Date: 1899
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 10.7 x 7.1 cm

    Plate owner: Wallace, R. H.
    Plate name: Ex libris R H Wallace
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Trees against a cloudy sky
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 10.2 x 7.4 cm

    Plate owner: Morton, Philip Henry
    Plate name: Ex libris Philip Henry Morton
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Elaborate monogram on a banner hanging from a bookcase
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, sepia, 10.4 x 8 cm

    Plate owner: Crane, A. N.
    Plate name: Ex libris A. N. Crane
    Artist: Initialed A.S.C.
    Description: A crane surrounded by assorted hobby and sporting equipment
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, coloured, 11 x 7.2 cm

    p. 35
    Plate owner: McKay, W. J. Stewart
    Plate name: W. J. Stewart McKay M. B.
    Artist: C. Ashton
    Description: Armorial “Manu forti”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 9 x 6.4 cm

    Plate owner: Mackellar, Charles Kinnaird
    Plate name: Charles Kinnaird Mackellar
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Perseverando”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 10.1 x 6.8 cm

    Plate owner: O’Neill, Gregory John Lamb
    Plate name: Gregory John Lamb O’Neill M. B.
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial design with motto in non-western script
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 12 x 8 cm

    Plate owner: O’Connor
    Plate name: O’Connor
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Fortis semperque fidelis”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 11.7 x 8 cm

    p. 36
    Plate owner: Garnsey, G. L.
    Plate name: G. L. Garnsey
    Artist: Initialed J. J.
    Description: Cricket and Australiana theme with Latin motto “Cum non ludendum sit legendum”
    Date: 1908
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 11.7 x 9.1 cm

    Plate owner: National Art Gallery of N.S.W.
    Plate name: Ex libris The National Art Gallery of N.S.W.
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Two men wearing frock-coats reading books, below an armorial crest
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 13.8 x 9.3 cm

    Plate owner: Gibson, Bessie Hope
    Plate name: Bessie Hope Gibson her booke
    Artist: Hedley Graham


    Description: Profile of a young woman in Edwardian with a landscape in the background
    Date [1905 ?]
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 13 x 8.7 cm

    p. 37
    Plate owner: Mullins, John Lane
    Plate name: John Lane Mullins M. A.
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Ne cede malis”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 10.3 x 7.7 cm

    Plate owner: Mullins, John Lane
    Plate name: John Lane Mullins M. A.
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Ne cede malis”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 8.7 x 6.1 cm

    Plate owner: Froggatt, Walter W.
    Plate name: Ex libris Walter W. Froggatt
    Artist: Initialed W. E. C.
    Description: A naked woman with some butterflies and an open book, above two armorial shields
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 plate, black & white, 9.4 x 6.4 cm

    Plate owner: Mullins, John Lane
    Plate name: One of the books of John Lane Mullins M. A.
    Artist: Percy F. S. Spence
    Description: A man sits at a table reading, in a book lined room, above an armorial “Ne cede malis”
    Date: 1892
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 14 x 8.7 cm

    p. 39
    Plate owner: Gordon, Alexander
    Plate name: Alexander Gordon
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial design
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 9.2 x 6.3 cm

    Plate owner: Marsh, Milbourne
    Plate name: Milbourne Marsh
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Si bene statuas nil metuas”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 9.1 x 6.3 cm

    Plate owner: Dowling, J. A.
    Plate name: J. A. D.
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Monogram with armorial “Fortis et egregius”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 6.6 x 4.8 cm

    Plate owner: Not identified
    Plate name: Not identified
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Avise la fin”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 10 x 6.5 cm

    Plate owner: Smyth, Frank L.
    Plate name: Frank L. Smyth
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial “Vita sine literis mors est”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 9.2 x 6.4 cm

    Plate owner: R., B. C.
    Plate name: B. C. R. Sydney, N.S.W.
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial with motto “”Neither a borrower nor a lender be”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 6 x 5.5 cm

    Plate owner: Y., F. J.
    Plate name: F. J. Y.
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Crest
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 6 x 4.5 cm

    p. 41
    Plate owner: Woolrych
    Plate name: Woolrych
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Armorial
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 9.7 x 6.6 cm

    Plate owner: Scott, Rose
    Plate name: Rose Scott
    Artist: Eirene Mort (initialed E.M.)
    Description: Armorial “Eureka”, with floral design and the inscription “Courage for freedom and for fate”
    Date: 1905
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 11.7 x 8.8 cm

    Plate owner: [M., J. ?]
    Plate name: In memory [J. M.] 1911 Wooroonook
    Artist: Initialed AMP
    Description: Monogram with gumleaf and gumnut design
    Date: 1912
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 12.4 x 8.4 cm

    p. 43
    Plate owner: Brereton, John le Gay
    Plate name: John le Gay Brereton

    Artist: D. H. Souter
    Description: A winged figure of a child wearing a hat and carrying a swag and a billy can, with “luf ond pin” inscribed below
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 13.8 x 6.7 cm

    Plate owner: Pearson, Noel
    Plate name: Noel Pearson
    Artist: D. H. Souter (initilaed D. H. S.)
    Description: A man reclines in an armchair reading a book, with a lyre in the foreground
    Date: 1922
    Size: 1 print, coloured, 13.1 x 10.4 cm

    Plate owner: Barnett, Percy Neville
    Plate name: Ex libris Percy Neville Barnett
    Artist: D. H. Souter
    Description: A knight in armour carrying a lance and shield with an armorial design is seated on a black horse
    Date: 1898
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 12 x 7.6 cm

    Plate owner: Milligan, Blanche
    Plate name: Blanche Milligan her book
    Artist: D. H. Souter
    Description: A dog sits under a tree with an open book, with sailing ships on a harbour in the background
    Date: 1912
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 13.5 x 9.5 cm

    p. 45
    Plate owner: Ranken, Fanny
    Plate name: E libris Fanny Ranken
    Artist: Eirene Mort (initialed E. M.)
    Description: A black swan swimming through reeds, surrounded by a circular border with a floral design
    Date: 1907
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 11.4 x 9.3 cm

    Plate owner: Milligan, M. B.
    Plate name: Ex libris M. B. Milligan
    Artist: Eirene Mort (initialed E. M.)
    Description: A child sitting under a tree reading a book, with a kookaburra looking on and two waratahs in the foreground
    Date: 1909
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 12.5 x 9.1 cm

    Plate owner: Way, Samuel James
    Plate name: Ex libris Sir Samuel James Way Bart.
    Artist: [C. E. Tute ?]
    Description: Figure of Justice as a blindfolded woman holding a pair of scales with an armorial design in the foreground including the motto “Fit via vi”
    Year: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 12.4 x 8.5 cm

    Plate owner: Hopkins, L.
    Plate name: L. Hopkins his book
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: A bearded mask with horns
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 12.5 x 9.8 cm


    p. 47
    Plate owner: Clarke, C. Wilder
    Plate name: Ex libris Revd. C. Wilder Clarke
    Artist: [F. Meade-Norton ?]
    Description: Sundial and tree with a cloudy sky
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 9.8 x 6.8 cm

    Plate owner: Hadley, H. C.
    Plate name: Ex libris H. C. Hadley
    Artist: F. Meade-Norton (initialed F. M. H.)
    Description: A pool of water surrounded by trees
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, coloured, 14.3 x 8.6 cm

    Plate owner: Stephens, Constance
    Plate name: Ex libris Constance Stephens
    Artist: F. Meade-Norton
    Description: Trees against a hilly landscape with cloudy skies
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, coloured, 10 x 6.3 cm

    Plate owner: Cotton, I. E.
    Plate name: Ex libris I. E. Cotton
    Artist: F. Meade-Norton
    Description: A river winding through tree-lined banks against a cloudy sky
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 8.9 x 5.7 cm

    p. 49
    Plate owner: Jones, J. Leigh
    Plate name: Ex libris J. Leigh Jones
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Classically themed floral archway with cherubs and female nudes
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 13.8 x 9.8 cm

    Plate owner: Ross, Chisholm
    Plate name: Ex libris Chisholm Ross MD
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: A bearded figure wearing a hooded cloak and spectacles
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, coloured, 12.7 x 9.8 cm

    p. 51
    Plate owner: Hirst, Edward
    Plate name: Ex libris Edward Hirst
    Artist: Warbis
    Description: A street lined with buildings against a cloudy sky
    Date: 1908
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 11.4 x 7 cm

    Plate owner: Lennard, T. H.
    Plate name: T. H. Lennard
    Artist: C. H. Hunt
    Description: The interior of a curtained room showing some china on a shelf, books, and a painting, with a rose and waratah entwined in the foreground
    Date: 1905
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 13.4 x 10.7 cm

    Plate owner: Linton, Noel G.
    Plate name: Ex libris Noel G. Linton
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Two brightly burning candles in the foreground cast light on a set of book-filled shelves, with several books open on the floor
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 7.7 x 5.1 cm

    p. 53
    Plate owner: Jamieson, James
    Plate name: Ex libris James Jamieson Christchurch
    Artist: Not identified
    Description: Egyptian style columns above a shield showing the Sphinx and a pyramid, with the motto “Aere perennius”
    Date: n. d.
    Size: 1 print, black & white, 10.2 x 8.8 cm
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