[Bookplate for Edgell Wyatt-Edgell]
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Title | [Bookplate for Edgell Wyatt-Edgell] |
Date Created | [between 1770 and 1829] |
Sort Date | 1829 |
Description | In black ink, this bookplate consists of an escutcheon divided quarterly, and containing an inescutcheon. The first and forth quadrants of the escutcheon are sable (black) with a fess, dancette and argent (silver), three eagles displayed, two over one and or (gold), and chief, or. The second and third quadrants are argent, with a sable chevron containing three roundlets bezant (gold), and cinque foil, two over one and gules (red). The inescutcheon is checky, or and gules, and contains a lion rampant guardant. Atop the escutcheon is a dexter helmet, closed with mantling flowing horizontally from its top. Above the mantling are two further crests. The dexter consists of a demi-lion rampant, embattled in or and sable, on a wreath, holding an inverted arrow in its dexter paw. The sinister crest consists of a demi-lion rampant on a wreath, holding the long stem of a cinque foil, gules, in both its paws. Below the escutcheon is a banner containing the Latin motto. |
Extent | 1 bookplate : burin engraving ; 9.2 x 13 cm |
Subject | Heraldry |
Subject - Geographic | Surrey (England) |
Personal Names | Wyatt-Edgell, Edgell |
Genre | Prints |
Type | Still Image |
Format | image/jpeg |
Language | Latin
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Notes | This bookplate may belong to either Edgell Wyatt-Edgell of Milton Place, Egham, Surrey, or his son of the same name, Reverend Edgell Wyatt-Edgell. Reverend Wyatt-Edgell was born in 1811, and died September 25, 1888. He married Henrietta Otway in 1844. He is the father of Edmund Vermy Wyatt-Edgell (1845-1879), who was born on August 16, 1845. E.V. Wyatt-Edgell was a calvalryman, and Captain of the 17th Lancers. He arrived in Durban, Zululand (now part of South Africa), on 7 April 1879 and died on July 4 of the same year while in action at the Battle of Ulundi, Zululand. He was a contributor to a book entitled 'The Story of the Zulu Campaign, ' by Major Waller Ashe, which was originally published in 1880. The work has an introduction by John Laband. This work can be found in the UBC Library Catalogue. References: 1) The Otway Family Tree, http://www.otway.com/family/300.html and http://www.otway.com/family/301.html (28 November 2007). 2) RootsWeb, "The Royal and Noble Families of Britain, " http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=freer&id=I77077 (28 November 2007). 3) 'The Story of the Zulu Campaign, ' Cape Town : N & S Press, 1989. |
Access Identifier | BP MUR ENG P W938 |
Digital Identifier | BP_MUR_ENG_P_W938 |
Is Part Of | RBSC Bookplates |
Source | Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Thomas Murray Bookplates Collection. BP MUR ENG P W938 |
Date Available | 2008 |
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 | HONESTA BONA E. WYATT EDGELL, MILTON PLACE, SURREY. |
Translation | Honour is good |
DOI | 1.0215328 |
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