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