Catalogue of fifty remaining works of that distinguished artist, J.F. Lewis. : also modern pictures and drawings, the property of a gentleman : and eight studies from nature, by John Linnell, Senr., the property of the family
An 1897 London auction catalogue from Christie, Manson & Woods, listing fifty works by the painter J.F. Lewis along with modern pictures, drawings and eight studies by John Linnell, Senr. The picture here is a bookplate, an ex libris label for R.W. Lloyd, showing a mountain, a pickaxe and a beetle in an oval frame. A designer could take its bold black-and-white engraved line work, the banner ribbon lettering and the vignette layout for labels or emblems.
