J Whatman
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| Authors & editors | |
| Year of publication | 1931 |
| Languages | |
| Medium | Book |
| Edition | 1 |
| Topics | Arts, culture and heritage > Design, Folk art, Iconography & stamps |
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| Scope & content | A book of hand-made paper with various weights and styles of paper throughout by the owners of Springfield Mills, Maidstone, who were the sole sales representatives of H Reeve Angel & Co. The text is based on a hand-cut alphabet, with raised and burnished gold leaf on an Illuminated page. Four engravings are etched and printed from original copper plates. Other illustrations are engraved in wood. |
Copies held
Accession no. 232342
- Shelf location: SPECIAL-BAL
- Donor: James Tasker
- Notes: email enclosed indicating the book was from the estate of Norman Wilkinson CBE RI, marine artist
Divisions within this publication
- 1: Paper-making, the stronghold of hand-craft
- 2: The name and fame of James Whatman the Younger
- 3: The mill, machinery and hands
- 4: Of the pleasure of craftmanship
- 5: Of the results of craftsmanship
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