A child's book of saints.
William Canton (1845 - 1926)
Category
Books
Date
1898
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3193070
Summary
Bibliographic description
xii, 259, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. (1 col.) ; 20cm. Former shelfmark: Table A 3. Provenance: Inscribed on flyleaf: "Frances C.J. Harpur Crewe [i.e. Frances Caroline Julia (1887-1960), youngest daughter of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, 10th Baronet, and Isabel Crewe nee Adderley] with love from [T?] Ayton Whitaker June 17 /99 Feast of S. Alban." Followed by the first lines of Christina Rossetti's poem (in ms): "Saints are like roses when they flush rarest". Binding: Nineteenth-century publisher's grey pictorial cloth, edges uncut.
Makers and roles
William Canton (1845 - 1926) Thomas Heath Robinson (1869-1950)