Etty and the nude : the art and life of William Etty, R.A., 1787-1849 / William Gaunt, M.A. and F. Gordon Roe ; with a foreword by the Rt. Hon Lord Fairhaven.
William Gaunt (1900-1980)
Category
Books
Date
1943
Materials
Place of origin
Leigh-on-Sea
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3253529
Summary
Bibliographic description
123, [1] p., 62, [2] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.), geneal. table, ports. ; 8vo. Copy no. 1. List of subscribers includes: "The Right Hon. Lord Fairhaven. (3 copies)." Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (large variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Gilt armorial centrepiece stamp of Lord Fairhaven on upper board [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century full green morocco; triple gilt fillet to form an outer border; gilt armorial centrepiece stamp of Lord Fairhaven on upper board [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]; gilt-panelled spine with gilt-lettered spine title; sewn onto five raised bands; double gilt fillet on board edges; gilt fillets on turn-ins; gilt textblock edges; marbled endpapers; turquoise ribbon marker. Binder's stamp on front turn-in: 'Birdsall. Northampton.'.
Makers and roles
William Gaunt (1900-1980), author Frederic Gordon Roe (b.1894), author Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Baron Fairhaven (1896 - 1966), author