Types of the British Army / original drawings by O. Norie.
Orlando Norie (1832-1901)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
c. 1892
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3100801
Summary
Bibliographic description
[31] leaves of plates ; fol. Pencil note on front free endpaper verso: "Unique, and probably executed for a Member of the Royal Family". Pencil annotations on rear of leaf [12] (Lord Chelmsford). Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate, signed G.S. 24 [1924]: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Early twentieth-century full red morocco; single gilt fillet to form an outer border; five raised bands; spine lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'Types of the British Army Original drawings by O. Norie'; gilt rolled turn-ins; gilt textblock edges; cream watered silk endleaves. Binder's ink stamp on front free endpaper verso: 'Robson & Co. Ltd. 7, Hanover Street. W.1.'.
Makers and roles
Orlando Norie (1832-1901), artist