A child's life of Christ / by Mabel Dearmer; with eight illustrations in colour by Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale.
Mabel Dearmer (1872 - 1915)
Category
Books
Date
1936
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Gunby Hall Estate, Lincolnshire
NT 3033314
Summary
Bibliographic description
xiii, 290 p., plates : col. ill, ; 22 cm. Provenance: inscribed "DM.M. from M.M. Dec. 1945" [i.e. Diana Montgomery-Massingberd, née Langton (1872-1963) probably from Mary Montgomery (1871-1950); accompanied by autograph letter signed by "Mamie" to "My dearest Didi"; dated Dec 8th [1945]; headed "Blessingbourne, Fivemiletown, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland": in the letter she says "I'm afraid you won't like the pictures, one was so rather frightening that I pasted something over it …". In fact, two plates have been covered by pictorial cards: firstly, 'flowers from the Holy Land'; secondly, two cherubic infants. Binding: publisher's brown cloth, lettered in black.
Makers and roles
Mabel Dearmer (1872 - 1915) Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (1872 - 1945)