Accession number
PML 146230.1-13
Creator
Rutherston, Albert Daniel, 1881-1953.
Published
[London? : s.n., 1924]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
13 prints : col. ; 216 x 178 mm, or smaller.
Provenance
From the library of Thomas Balston and Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Collection of 12 proofs of Albert Rutherston's dustjacket design for the 1924 Duckworth edition of D.H. Lawrence's Sons and lovers; including 5 printer's proofs of the dustjacket itself, with letterpress, numbered 1 through 5 in Rutherston's hand, along with a copy of the jacket in its final published state; and 7 blockmaker's proofs, including single and combined color impressions from the two different blocks used to print Rutherston's design, with the individual prints variously inscribed with notes and instructions by the artist.
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