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Bookplate: Ex Libris Andrew White Tuer [Pierrot suspended from the gallows], 1881

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: Series 1.

Scope and Contents

8 cm. Illustration of two devils hanging Pierrot from a gibbet, roasting him over a burning book on a pitchfork. Cautionary verse in French on scroll across bottom left corner. Motto “Dum Spiro Spero” on floating ribbon. Art by William Harcourt Hooper, with his initials and date in stippled border. Young collection no. AWT.31.

Dates

  • Creation: 1881

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open to researchers.

Extent

From the Collection: .75 Linear feet (2 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library Repository

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