The gospels in art;. the life of Christ by great painters from Fra Angelico to Holman Hunt, the text by Léonce Bénédite, Henry Van Dyke, R. F. Horton and the Bishop of Derry & Raphoe;. ed. by W. Shaw Sparrow.
Walter Shaw Sparrow (1826-1940)
Category
Books
Date
1904
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Castle Drogo, Devon
NT 3254087
Summary
Bibliographic description
282 p. :. ill. ;. 31 cm. Provenance: Previously the property of Mary Drewe (1900-1985), elder daughter of Julius Drewe and Frances Richardson Drewe and removed from Castle Drogo in 1954 when Mary left to set up a nursery school in Exmouth. Bequeathed to the current owner by Mary Drewe, and gifted to the National Trust for Castle Drogo, 2024. Bookseller ticket on upper pastedown: 'Parkins & Gotto, Wholesale and Retail Stationers, Oxford St., London'. Binding: Publisher's grey cloth adhesive case binding with decorations and lettering in red and black on upper cover and spine; top edge gilt.
Makers and roles
Walter Shaw Sparrow (1826-1940) Bénédite, Léonce, 1859-1925 Sparroy, Wilfrid, tr Henry Van Dyke (1852-1933) Chadwick, G. A. 1840-1923. (George Alexander) Robert Forman Horton (1855-1934) Walter Shaw-Sparrow (1862-1940)