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Ex libris Joseph Cooper Walker
Year: ± 1785
Technique: copper engraving (C2). Plate size: 8,3 x 6,7 cm Signed in the plate. At the right side on the front, remnants of probably glue. On the back is written a calculation from that time in ink. Ref.: DJ-JCW € 19,00 NOTE: Extremely rare print, being one of the 7 known bookplates made by the Irish artist John Duff. He made this armorial ex libris for the Irish antiquary Joseph Cooper Walker. A copy of this bookplate is in the British Museum collection, catalogued under nr. 30619. |
