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| Title | [Bookplate by William Walker Alexander] |
| Creator | Alexander, William Walker |
| Date Created | 1935 |
| Sort Date | 1935 |
| Description | Black ink on cream paper, depicting a man holding a book and sitting beneath a large tree, with more trees in the background. |
| Extent | 1 bookplate : intaglio printing ; 11.4 x 9.3 cm |
| Subject | Trees ; Landscape prints ; Reading |
| Subject - Geographic | Canada |
| Personal Names | Alexander, William Walker |
| Genre | Prints |
| Type | Still Image |
| Format | image/jpeg |
| Language | Latin
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| Notes | William Walker Alexander was born in Toronto, Ontario in 1869. He was an illustrator, printmaker, etcher, and bookplate maker. He studied in the atelier of George A. Reid and attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia under Thomas Eakins. He was a founding member of the Art Student's League of Toronto
References:
1) Burnaby Art Gallery (n.d.). Art Gallery Collection. Retrieved from https://collections.burnabyartgallery.ca/gallery?q=creator_txt:%22Alexander, %20William%20Walker%22&p=1&ps=18 |
| Access Identifier | BP MUR CAN P A4499b |
| Digital Identifier | BP_MUR_CAN_P_A4499b |
| Is Part Of | RBSC Bookplates |
| Source | Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Thomas Murray Bookplates Collection. Howard Binder. BP MUR CAN P A4499b |
| Date Available | 2019-04-23 |
| 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 | Ex Libris W. W. ALEXANDER L.W.S. 1935 |
| DOI | 1.0378495 |
