Bookplates 51 - 60

Bookplate 51

Wood Engraving 75 x 50 mm

This was commissioned for a child

and contains elements of discovery.

Bookplate 52

Wood Engraving 75 x 50 mm

Oxford hens.

Bookplate 53

 

Wood Engraving 100 x 75 mm

The Earth from the book, books & their authors.

Bookplate 54

 Wood Engraving 50 x 50 mm

The Comma - one of my favourite butterflies.

Here is a detail:

Here is a detail of the engraved block:

Bookplate 55

Wood Engraving 75 x 50 mm

A hare by moonlight with a Gothic ruin.

Bookplate 57

 Wood Engraving 75 x 50 mm

A child reads by lamplight beneath a tulip tree; 

a memory of childhood. A favourite of mine.

Here is a detail:

Here are some of my preparatory drawings:

Bookplate 58

Wood Engraving 67 x 50 mm

A philatelist in his study. The bookplate has the proportions

 and some of the details of a "Penny Black".

Bookplate 60

Wood Engraving 50 x 50 mm

Organ pipes; a slightly more abstract plate for an organist.