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| Title | Bookplate for Stephen Pepler | |
| Collection | Crafts Study Centre | |
| Calligrapher | Edward Johnston | |
| Description | Printed proof. On paper. One page. Printed in red and black after a design by Johnston. | |
| Id Number Current Accession | C.86.54 | |
| Subject | calligraphy, proof | |
| Measurements | 12.8 x 10.2 centimetres | |
| Material | ink on paper | |
| Ink | black, red | |
| History | Design. Written on 5 May 1911 as a birthday present to Stephen Pepler. Johnston's diary reads ‘Stephen's Birthday (3) did label All tea at Peplers'. Eric Gill engraved the bookplate after Johnston's design, and wrote later asking his opinion of the wood-engraving [Physick 11] ‘from your pen drawing'. | |
| Rights Owner | Andrew and Angela Johnston/Crafts Study Centre 2004 | |
| Style Period Period | 1910s | |
| Technique | printing | |
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