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[Bookplate for McIntosh Art Gallery by Leslie Victor Smith]
[Bookplate for McIntosh Art Gallery by Leslie Victor Smith]
Title[Bookplate for McIntosh Art Gallery by Leslie Victor Smith]
CreatorSmith, Leslie Victor
Date Created1942
Sort Date1942
DescriptionBlack ink on cream paper. White ivy border over stippled black background. Names of John Gordon McIntosh and Wilhelmina Morris McIntosh inscribed on facing pages of book, behind which is a lit torch whose rays span out from the center of the plate. The text of the plate is on a scroll which is woven around a lyre, a symbol of harmony.
Extent1 bookplate : offset ; 12.5 x 10 cm
SubjectBooks ; Plants ; Music ; Art ; Libraries
Subject - GeographicCanada
Personal NamesMcIntosh Art Gallery
GenrePrints
TypeStill Image
Formatimage/jpeg
NotesThe McIntosh Gallery is part of the University of Western Ontario and is the second oldest art gallery in Canada. Opened in 1942, it was built with a bequest from the estate of local art collector Wilhelmina Morris McIntosh in honour of her late husband John Gordon McIntosh. Its permanent collection, as of 2009, held 3000 items dating from the early 19th-century to the present. The artist of the bookplate, Leslie Victor Smith, was born in Simcoe, Ontario in 1880. One the most accomplished Canadian bookplate artists, Smith exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy of Art from 1908 to 1913 ; this bookplate was made in 1942, toward the end of his career. Smith was a bookplate collector as well as creator, and his own collection reached 17, 000 items. As a bookplate artist, Smith is known for his tasteful, compact and precise designs and his willingness to collaborate with his clients. Smith died in 1952. As cited above, this bookplate is listed in a checklist available in "The Bookplates of Leslie Victor Smith, " by William Colgate. A photocopy of the original Colgate publication may be consulted in Rare Books and Special Collections, UBC Library. Despite a pronounced plate mark, the lie of the ink on this print suggests an offset method was used. The design itself has a distinct pen and ink feel. This particular plate is cited in a checklist in William Colgates work, The Bookplates of Leslie Victor Smith, as intaglio. According to Colgate, Smith worked predominantly in engraving or zinc etching (relief halftone), however, the appearance of this plate seems to indicate that another printing method was used.
References:
1) Lerner, Loren R. Art and Architecture in Canada: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1991.
2) 'Leslie Victor Smith. Stephen McCanse Canadian art. Stephen McCanse Canadian Art, n.d. Web. 9 Nov. 2009. http://www.stephenmccanse.com/artistpage.php?artist_id=112
3) 'About.' McIntosh Gallery. University of Toronto, 2008. Web. 19 Oct. 2009. http://www.mcintoshgallery.ca/pages/about.asp
4) Colgate, William. The Bookplates of Leslie Victor Smith. Weston, ON: The Old Rectory Press, 1947.
Access IdentifierBP MUR CAN I M356
Digital IdentifierBP_MUR_CAN_I_M356
Is Part OfRBSC Bookplates
SourceOriginal Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Thomas Murray Bookplates Collection. Leslie Binder. BP MUR CAN I M356
Date Available2010
Publisher - DigitalVancouver : University of British Columbia Library
RightsImages 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
TranscriptThe LIBRARY of the McINTOSH MEMORIAL GALLERYJohn Gordon McIntosh Wilhelmina Morris McIntosh MUSIC IS THE POETRY OF THE AIR LESLIE VICTOR SMITH 42
DOI1.0215574
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