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Bookplate of the Raleigh Collection

Bookplate of the Raleigh Collection

Artist (American, born in England, 1898-1989)
CultureAmerican, British
Date1943
MediumWood engraving
Dimensionsimage: 3 1/8 x 2 9/16 in. (8 x 6.5 cm)
sheet: 4 1/2 x 3 in. (11.4 x 7.6 cm)
Classificationsprints
Credit LineTransferred from the North Carolina Collection, Louis Round Wilson Library
Object number2012.10
DescriptionBook plate for UNC Chapel Hill Library, depicting the full-length figure of Sir Walter Raleigh standing on a rocky shore, holding a scroll; behind him an Elizabethan ship at sea.
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