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Name Higgins, Horace, calligrapher

1. Add MS 61880

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Add MS 61880
Title:
BOOK OF CALLIGRAPHIC SPECIMENS: by members of the Manuscript Club, for presentation, as a token of appreciation, to William Graily Hewitt; assembled on 1 July 1938. English, Latin and French. Many pieces are illuminated as well as calligraphically written. A list of contributors occurs on ff. 41-41v. Presented by David Mure Wacher, nephew of Graily Hewitt's wife, Lilian. Vellum; ff. 41. 265 x 200mm. Binding of dark green morocco with gold tooling, incorporating the monogram 'WGH', by Peter...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Peter McLeish, binder: Green morocco gold tooled binding by Peter McLeish: 1938. Calligraphy: William Graily Hewitt, scribe: Manuscript Club: Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Book of calligraphic specimens presented to William Graily Hewitt by the Manuscript Club: 1938...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1 Jul 1938
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 63496

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Add MS 63496
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Scope & Content:
GRAILY HEWITT WORKSHOP MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. I (ff. 182). 1. ff. 1-116. Pencil and ink sketches for the memorial books of the Royal Army Medical Corps; 1922 and later. The completed volumes are at Westminster Abbey. 2. ff. 117-182. Pencil and ink sketches with some water colour decoration for ot...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1922-1949
Extent:
1 item