Back in 2008 I mentioned John Hudson Elwell , a very talented engraver about whom I had very little information.
A calling card engraved by John Hudson Elwell in 1918 ,while employed by the W.H. Brett Co. of Boston.
www.robertstrongwoodward.com/Scrapbook/Elwell.html
If you click on to the link you will find biographical information about the engraver along with a checklist of the 55 known bookplates he engraved... The website also is a tribute to Robert Strong Woodward (1885-1957)
a western Massachusetts artist who designed some of the nicest bookplates engraved by Mr. Elwell.
If you click on to the link you will find biographical information about the engraver along with a checklist of the 55 known bookplates he engraved... The website also is a tribute to Robert Strong Woodward (1885-1957)
a western Massachusetts artist who designed some of the nicest bookplates engraved by Mr. Elwell.
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Several readers have inquired about a source for affordable tastefully designed bookplates . I am pleased to mention that Daniel Mitsui has recently issued eight different universal bookplates.
They are six dollars for a package of 10 or 45 dollars for a package of 100 (plus shipping)
Here are two examples:
You Can see all eight designs by following this link:
See you again next Sunday
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