de Grummond Collection

Provenance

Purchased by the deGrummond Collection.

Restrictions

Noncirculating; available for research.

Copyright

The collection is protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. Code). Reproductions can be made only if they are to be used for "private study, scholarship, or research." It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials, other than that noted above.

Scope and Content

All told, the deGrummond Collection holds twenty-four woodblock Bewick prints.

The first, entitled a "Collector's Portfolio of Thomas Bewick, 1753-1828," contains four 8 x 11" matted prints, all of which portray various birds.

Folder two contains an unidentified minature print that portrays a man on horseback apparently wading up stream.

The last folder, entitled "Thomas Bewick Wood Engravings in Portfolio," contains a miscellany of 8 x 11" matted prints. Most of these portray wildlife in repose or scenes in which the human character appears to encounter some difficulty.

Series and Subseries

A. WOODBLOCK ENGRAVINGS

"COLLECTOR'S PORTFOLIO OF THOMAS BEWICK, 1753-1828."

UNIDENTIFIED WOODBLOCK PRINT.

"THOMAS BEWICK WOOD ENGRAVINGS IN PORTFOLIO" (ca.1970).

  Box/Folder 


A.  ENGRAVINGS

     1/1        "Collector's Portfolio of Thomas Bewick, 1753-1828,"
                Presented with the Compliments and Good Wishes of 
                Dobbs Brothers Library Binding Co., Inc., (St. Augustine, 
                Florida: n.d.),
     
                Four woodblock prints
     
     1/2        Unidentified woodblock print, origin unknown.
     
     1/3        "Thomas Bewick Wood Engravings in Portfolio," Printed 
                at the Cherryburn Press (Chicago: The Newberry Library, ca.1970),
     
                Miniature engravings, nineteen items.

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