Accession number
PML 196232
Creator
Smith, Robert Catterson, 1853-
Published
ca. 1914
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 2016.
Notes
Some ornamental designs are mounted upside-down in mat.
Description
16 drawings.
Inscriptions/Markings
Misc. pencil marks, alpha-numeric notations, and partial unidentified print of a woman present on the verso of several drawings.
Provenance
From the archive of Robert Catterson Smith (Sotheby's London 15 Dec 2015 lot 94).
Summary
Catterson-Smith's original designs for sixteen of the ornamental headpieces for capitals, published in Catalogue of the books in the library at the Assay Office (1914), printed by the Chiswick Press; each drawing comprises half of a symmetrical design; mounted in two groups of eight on 2 mats.
Classification
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Department