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[Bookplate for Stanley Harrod by S. Harrod]
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| Title | [Bookplate for Stanley Harrod by S. Harrod] |
| Creator | Harrod, S. |
| Date Created | 1918 |
| Sort Date | 1918 |
| Description | Black ink on white paper. The bookplate image is surrounded by a border consisting of wide ribbons at the top and bottom wrapped around twisted rope on the left and right sides. The rope ends are knotted with three beaded and then frayed ends extending on each end of the rope. The top ribbon has printed, black, stylized gothic font in sentence case. Some text is separated by clusters of four diamonds. Inside the border is an image depicting a frigate with two masts and large sails billowing in the wind. Ribbons extend form the top of the sails. A smaller sail on a smaller mast is at the front of the ship. The ship is in an ocean with several waves. The bottom ribbon is more elaborated curling than the top ribbon. It has printed, black, stylized font in sentence case, but is smaller in size. Below the ribbon to the left and right is thin, sans-serif, capitalized font. |
| Extent | 1 bookplate : relief printing ; 8.6 x 13.3 cm |
| Subject | Private libraries ; Artists ; Sailing ships |
| Subject - Geographic | Toronto (Ont.) |
| Personal Names | Harrod, Stanley |
| Genre | Prints |
| Type | Still Image |
| Format | image/jpeg |
| Language | English
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| Notes | Stanley Harrod was born in Leeds, England on July 9, 1881 and died in Newmarket, Ontario on June 8, 1954. Harrod was a bookplate artist and collector in Toronto. He created over fifty bookplates, both heraldic and pictorial, and experimented with etching.
References:
1) Fowler, A. (1919). A Catalogue of Bookplates Designed by Stanley Harrod. A Catalogue of Bookplates Designed by Stanley Harrod. Retrieved from https://books.google.ca/books/about/A_Catalogue_of_Bookplates_Designed_by_St.html?id=deovAQAAMAAJ
2) Prescott, W., Harrod, S., & Ayearst, M. J. (1919). A list of Canadian bookplates : with a review of the history of ex libris in the Dominion. Boston: Society of Bookplate Bibliophiles. Retrieved from https://archive.org/stream/listofcanadianbo00pres/listofcanadianbo00pres_djvu.txt
3) Stanley Harrod. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.gallery.ca/en/see/collections/artist.php?iartistid=2331 |
| Access Identifier | BP MUR CAN P H776b |
| Digital Identifier | BP_MUR_CAN_P_H776b |
| Is Part Of | RBSC Bookplates |
| Source | Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Thomas Murray Bookplates Collection. Stanley Binder. BP MUR CAN P H776b |
| Date Available | 2017-04-21 |
| Publisher - Digital | Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library |
| Rights | Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca |
| Transcript | Stanley Harrod His Book There is no Frigate like a book to take us leagues away S. HARROD 1918 |
| DOI | 1.0364069 |
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