The magic ink-pot by the Marchioness of Londonderry; with illustrations by Edmond Brock and Lady Margaret Stewart.
The Hon. Edith Helen Chaplin, Marchioness of Londonderry (1879 - 1959)
Category
Books
Date
1928
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3222461
Summary
Bibliographic description
xii, 208, [2] p. [16] leaves of plates : ill. (chiefly col.). ; 21 cm. Ink drawing on verso flyleaf by Edmond Brock, of whom there is a loosely inserted letter. In it he write that he returns the book, having finished the drawing, which he hopes "Circe" [i.e. Edith 7th Marchioness of Londonderry] will like. Provenance: Inscribed on second flyleaf "To Charles Stewart of the Ardes of Co. Down, descendant of Banquo, Thane of Lackaber. These particular adventures which [...] his family have been faithfully chronicled by the "Lordly Ones" of Mount Stewart. Signed ELondonderry, Margaret Stewart, Captain Stewart RN [i.e. Mairi Stewart], Helen Stewart, Edmond Brock Christmas 1928." [i.e. presented to Charles 7th Marquess of Londonderry by his family and the artist Edmond Brock Twentieth-century armorial bookplate showing Vane-Tempest-Stewart arms marshalled with Chaplin, motto "Metuenda corolla draconis, with two supporters, all underneath a marquess's coronet with helmet and griffin passant crest, flanked by two badges, lettered in banner "Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry KG" [i.e. Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, 7th Marquess of Londonderry from 1915 (1878-1949)]. Binding: Twentieth-century publisher's full maroon morocco, gilt illustrated centre-piece, gilt corner pieces on a single blind rule border. Five false raised bands, gilt tooled and lettered in spine. Gilt edges and marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
The Hon. Edith Helen Chaplin, Marchioness of Londonderry (1879 - 1959) Edmond Brock (London 1882 - London 1952) Lady Margaret Frances Anne Vane-Tempest-Stewart (1910-1966)