• Title
  Collection of original designs, proofs and finished bookplates; with some sympathy cards and other engravings, 1931-1956 / Gayfield Shaw
• Creator
  Gayfield Shaw, 1885-1961
• Call number
  DGA 70
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1931-1956
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Drawings, Prints, Photographs
• Reference code
  861695
• Issue Copy
  Partly Digitised
• Physical Description
  Drawings - various sizes - pencil, pen and ink
  Prints - various sizes - proofs and engravings
  Photographs - various sizes - black and white
  
• Scope and Content
  Collection includes bookplates, some with original designs and proofs, for individuals and bodies such as Meriden Girls' School, Strathfield, Kings School, Teachers' College, Sydney Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and Commonwealth Bank of Australia. A number of the bookplates include portraits or depictions of associated individuals or buildings.
  
  Also included in the collection are a Commonwealth Bank Christmas card, designs for emblems for Cumberland County Council and Manning River District Hospital, Taree, an appreciation card, a menu, a number of sympathy cards and a number of unidentified engravings.
  
  1
  Rose Berry
  Date on plate :- 03/09/1931
  2
  P.N. Barnett
  Date on plate :- 12/09/1931
  3a
  Meriden
  Date on plate :- September 25, 1931 Notes :- On same sheet as No.3 ( b )
  3b
  Meriden Girls' School ... 16th December 1932
  Notes :- Plate inscribed ' Designed & engraved by E.E. Brown & Gayfield Shaw '
  4
  J.M. Shaw
  Date on plate :- October 1931 Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right
  5
  ... R. Gordon Craig ...
  Date on plate :- December 1931
  6
  ... R. Gordon Craig ...
  Date on plate :- December 1931 Notes :- Reproduction Photolitho. ( ? )
  7
  Elsa Hale
  8
  The King's School
  9
  Cedric Shaw His Book
  10
  Mary Gilmore Her Totem
  Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right ' Mary Gilmore ' in ink, lower right
  11
  [ George Robertson ]
  Date on plate :- [ April 14 1932 ] Notes :- Progress proof. Name & dare established c.f. ML Manuscript A3646 F.33
  12
  [ Florence Jean. Shaw ]
  Date on plate :- [ 7.5.32 ] Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' 5th state ' lower left ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right Notes :- Proof before letters. Name & date established c.f. PXA 370 F.26
  13
  [ G.D. Perrottet His Book ]
  Date on plate :- [ 7-6-.32 ] Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' State 7 ' lower left ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right Notes :- Progress plate
  14
  G.D. Perrottet His Book
  Date on plate :- 7-6-.32 Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right
  15
  R.M. Clark
  Date on plate :- June 24, 1932
  16
  Reverned Geo. Cowie
  Date on plate :- June 27, 1932 Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right
  17
  Icey O'Conor
  Date on plate :- July 27, 1932 Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right
  18
  Icey O'Conor
  Date on plate :- July 27, 1932 Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right Notes :- Another copy
  19
  Francis Zarbel [ sic ]
  Date on plate :- [ August 11, 1932 ] Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Ex Libris / FRANCIS ZARBEL ' in pencil on name panel. ' Gayfield Shaw / August 11 1932 ' lower right Notes :- Progress proof
  20
  Frances Zabel
  Date on plate :- August 11, 1932
  21
  Frances Zabel
  Date on plate :- August 11, 1932 Notes :- Another copy, dark blue ink
  22
  The Teacher's College Sydney
  Date on plate :- [ 20-9-32 ] Notes :- Progress proof
  23
  The Teacher's College Sydney
  Date on plate :- 20-9-32
  24
  [ Icey O'Conor ]
  Date on plate :- [ Oct. 7 1932 ] Notes :- Proof before letters Name & date established compared PXA 370 No.17
  25
  Francis Clune
  Date on plate :- Oct.17 1932
  26
  C. H. Bertie
  Date on plate :- Nov 3 1932 Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right
  27
  Conor Macleod
  Date on plate :- Dec.5, 1932 Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right
  28
  George Eitzpatrick
  Date on plate :- Dec.33 1932
  29
  [ James R. Tyrrell ]
  Date on plate :- [ Jan 6 1933 ] Notes :- Original pencil sketch for No.30
  30
  James R. Tyrrell
  Date on plate :- Jan 6 1933 Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right
  31
  A.N. Armstrong
  Date on plate :- March 10 1933 Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right
  32
  W.W. Ingram
  Date on plate :- Jan 30 1935
  33
  I.L. Ninian Thomson
  Date on plate :- 19th March 1936
  34
  Lillian Ruth Ball
  Date on plate :- April 27 1936 Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right
  35
  Josephine Beveridge
  Date on plate :- 28-3-37 Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right
  36
  Adeline Moran
  Date on plate :- [ June 1937 ] Notes :- Black & white photo of original drawing
  37
  Adeline Moran
  Date on plate :- June 1937 Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Family ' lower left ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right
  38
  N.C. de Arcy
  Date on plate :- May 1938 Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right
  39
  F.J. Wallis
  Date on plate :- [ December 1938 ] Notes :- Original pencil drawing Date established compared ML Manuscript A3646 F.101
  40
  F.J. Wallis
  Date on plate :- [ December 1938 ] Notes :- Black & white photograph of original pencil drawing.
  41
  F.C. Blank
  Date on plate :- [ June 1939 ] Notes :- Original pencil and crayon drawing. Date established compared ML Manuscript A3646 F.103.
  42
  F.C. Blank
  Date on plate :- [ June 1939 ] Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' 1 ' lower right Notes :- ( 1st ? ) Progress proof
  43
  F.C. Blank
  Date on plate :- [ June 1939 ] Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' 2 ' lower right Notes :- ( 2nd ? ) Progress proof
  44
  F.C. Blank
  Date on plate :- [ June 1939 ] Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' 3 ' lower right Notes :- ( 3rd ? ) Progress proof
  45
  F.C. Blank
  Date on plate :- [ June 1939 ] Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' 4 ' lower right Notes :- ( 4th ? ) Progress proof
  46
  F.C. Blank
  Date on plate :- [ June 1939 ] Notes :- ( 5th ? ) Progress proof
  47
  [ F.C. Blank ]
  Date on plate :- [ June 1939 ] Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' 5 ' lower right Notes :- ( 6th ? ) Progress proof
  48
  F.C. Blank
  Date on plate :- [ June 1939 ] Notes :- Another copy of No.47
  49
  F.C. Blank
  Date on plate :- [ June 1939 ] Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' 6 ' lower right Notes :- ( 7th ? ) Progress proof
  50
  [ F.C. Blank ]
  Date on plate :- [ June 1939 ] Notes :- Another copy of No.49 Red ink
  51
  Sheila Singer
  Date on plate :- Aug 1940
  52
  Mollie Westhoven
  Date on plate :- [ Feb. 1941 ] Notes :- Original pencil drawing
  53
  Mollie Westhoven
  Date on plate :- [ Feb. 1941 ] Notes :- Progress proof
  54
  Mollie Westhoven
  Date on plate :- [ Feb. 1941 ]
  55
  Carl. Boris Schedvin
  Date on plate :- April 1944
  56
  Carl. Boris Schedvin
  Date on plate :- April 1944 Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right Notes :- Another copy of No.55 ( on grey card )
  57
  Maynie Wadsworth
  Date on plate :- [ 30.10.1944 ] Notes :- Black & white photo of original drawing
  58
  Maynie Wadsworth
  Date on plate :- [ 30.10.1944 ] Notes :- Progress proof
  59
  Maynie Wadsworth
  Date on plate :- [ 30.10.1944 ] Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' USQUE AD ADSTRA ' in pink pencil, lower center Notes :- Progress proof
  60
  Maynie Wadsworth
  Date on plate :- 30.10.1944
  61
  [ ... Ethel B. Wallis ... ]
  Date on plate :- [ November, 1944 ] Notes :- Progress proof
  62
  ... Ethel B. Wallis ...
  Date on plate :- November, 1944
  63
  [ ... P. Neville Barnett ... ]
  Date on plate :- [ 1951 ] Notes :- Original ink drawing
  64
  [ ... P. Neville Barnett ... ]
  Date on plate :- [ 1951 ] Notes :- ( 1st ? ) Progress proof
  65
  [ ... P. Neville Barnett ... ]
  Date on plate :- [ 1951 ] Notes :- ( 2nd ? ) Progress proof
  66
  [ ... P. Neville Barnett ... ]
  Date on plate :- [ 1951 ] Notes :- ( 3rd ? ) Progress proof
  67
  [ ... P. Neville Barnett ... ]
  Date on plate :- [ 1951 ] Notes :- ( 4th ? ) Progress proof
  68
  ... R. Neville Barnett ...
  Date on plate :- [ 1951 ] Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' PRESENTED IN / APPRECIATION ON / R. NEVILLE BARNETT / BY AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND / BOOK PLATE - COLLECTORS ' in pencil on name panel Notes :- ( 5th ? ) Progress proof
  69
  ... P. Neville Barnett ...
  Date on plate :- 1951 Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right
  70
  Thomas E. Lilley
  Date on plate :- [ 1951 ] Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' QUAEILITER ET DILIGENTER / OUT ' in pencil above drawing Notes :- Original ink drawing
  71
  Thomas E. Lilley
  Date on plate :- [ 1951 ] Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' First Working Proof ' in ink, lower left ' Gayfield Shaw ' in ink, lower right Notes :- Progress proof
  72
  Thomas E. Lilley
  Date on plate :- 1951
  73
  Mabel E. McQueen, M.A.
  Date on plate :- [ Jan 1952 ] Notes :- Black & white photo of original drawing
  74
  Mabel E. McQueen, M.A.
  Date on plate :- Jan 1952 Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right
  75
  Patricia & Roy McCaughie
  Date on plate :- [ Feb. 1952 ] Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' More apron ' lower left ' hand upright ' lower center ' Shorthorn / Bull ' lower right ' EY ' center right ' Chopin/ Schuman '. center right Notes :- Original pencil drawing
  76
  Patricia & Roy McCaughie
  Date on plate :- [ Feb. 1952 ] Notes :- Black & white photo of original pencil drawing ( without inscriptions )
  77
  Patricia & Roy McCaughie
  Date on plate :- [ Feb. 1952 ] Notes :- Black & white photo of original pencil drawing ( without inscriptions )
  78
  Patricia & Roy McCaughie
  Date on plate :- Feb. 1952
  79
  June Weir Milson
  Date on plate :- [ Feb, 1952 ] Notes :- Original pencil drawing
  80
  June Weir Milson
  Date on plate :- [ Feb, 1952 ] Notes :- Black & white photo of original pencil drawing
  81
  [ June Weir Milson ]
  Date on plate :- [ Feb, 1952 ] Notes :- Progress proof
  82
  June Weir
  Date on plate :- Feb, 1952
  83
  G.W. Lilley
  Date on plate :- 1954 Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right
  84
  Bertha Mac Smith
  Date on plate :- 1954 ( ? ) Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' 15/16 Margin sides 1 1/8 " top & bottom ( from light paper ) ' in ink left edge Notes :- Progress proof
  85
  Bertha Mac Smith
  Date on plate :- 1954 Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right
  86
  Clare Kinsella
  Date on plate :- March 29 1955
  87
  William Ewart Preece
  Date on plate :- [ Oct 1955 ] Notes :- Original pencil sketch
  88
  William Ewart Preece
  Date on plate :- Oct 1955 Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right
  89
  [ Sir Winston Churchill ]
  Date on plate :- [ Nov 1955 ] Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Work Proof - 1st ' lower left Notes :- Progress proof
  90
  [ Sir Winston Churchill ]
  Date on plate :- [ Nov 1955 ] Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Work Proof - 1st ' lower left Notes :- Progress proof
  91
  [ Sir Winston Churchill ]
  Date on plate :- [ Nov 1955 ] Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' 2nd Work Proof ' lower left Notes :- Progress proof ( plate unsigned; top of plate untrimmed )
  92
  [ Sir Winston Churchill ]
  Date on plate :- [ Nov 1955 ] Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' 2nd Work Proof ' lower left ' X ' upper left Notes :- Progress proof ( plate unsigned; top of plate untrimmed )
  93
  [ Sir Winston Churchill ]
  Date on plate :- [ Nov 1955 ] Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' 2nd Work Proof ' lower left Notes :- Progress proof ( plate unsigned; top of plate untrimmed )
  94
  [ Sir Winston Churchill ]
  Date on plate :- [ Nov 1955 ] Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Work Proof - 2nd ' lower left Notes :- Plate signed; top of plate trimmed
  95
  [ Sir Winston Churchill ]
  Date on plate :- Nov 1955 Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower left
  96
  [ Sir Winston Churchill ]
  Date on plate :- Nov 1955 Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower left ' Sir Winston Churchill's coat - o - arms - Presentation plate ' left edge
  97
  [ Sir Winston Churchill ]
  Date on plate :- Nov 1955 Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' To Ralph Colville ' lower left ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right ' Sir Winston Churchill Bookplate - ' lower edge
  98
  [ B.J. Ball Limited ... ]
  Date on plate :- [ July 1956 ] Notes :- Progress proof
  99
  [ B.J. Ball Limited ... ]
  Date on plate :- [ July 1956 ] Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' B.J. BALL LIMITED / 1906-1956 / GRAPHIC ARTS LIBRARY ' in pencil on name panel Notes :- Progress proof
  100
  B.J. Ball Limited ...
  Date on plate :- July 1956
  101
  [ B.J. Ball Limited ... ]
  Date on plate :- no date Notes :- Experimental proof using mesh etcetera on detail of head
  102
  Maja Leon Berry
  Date on plate :- no date Notes :- Black & white photo of original drawing
  103
  Maja Leon Berry
  Date on plate :- no date Notes :- Black & white photo of original drawing ( different from No.102 )
  104
  E.G. Boreham
  Date on plate :- no date
  105
  [ Commonwealth Bank of Australia ]
  Date on plate :- no date
  106
  [ Commonwealth Bank of Australia ]
  Date on plate :- no date Notes :- Another copy of No.105
  107
  R. Gordon Craig
  Date on plate :- no date Notes :- Original pencil drawing
  108
  The Gordon Craig Library Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
  Date on plate :- no date Notes :- Original ink drawing, with cut and paste
  109
  The King's School
  Date on plate :- no date Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' 1st idea ' upper right Notes :- Original pencil drawing. On reverse side is design sketch ( unidentified )
  110
  Bertha McSmith
  Date on plate :- no date Notes :- Original pencil drawing
  111
  L.H. Morris
  Date on plate :- no date Notes :- Black & white photo of original drawing
  112
  G.G. Shaw
  Date on plate :- no date Notes :- Original pencil drawing
  113
  G. Gayfield Shaw
  Date on plate :- no date Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right
  114
  G.E. Spark
  Date on plate :- no date Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right
  115
  [ Unidentified ]
  Date on plate :- no date Notes :- Original ink drawing with white highlight
  116
  [ Unidentified ]
  Date on plate :- no date Notes :- Working proof of original ink drawing with white highlight
  117
  [ Unidentified ]
  Date on plate :- no date Notes :- Black & white photograph of original drawing, compared No.36
  118
  [ Unidentified ]
  Date on plate :- no date Notes :- Black & white photograph of original drawing
  119
  [ Unidentified ]
  Date on plate :- no date Notes :- Working proof
  120
  [ Unidentified ]
  Date on plate :- no date Notes :- Another copy
  121
  [ Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Melbourne. Exterior view ]
  Date on plate :- no date Notes :- Progress proof Identified after comparison with ML manuscript A3646 F.141
  122
  [ Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Melbourne. Exterior view ]
  Date on plate :- no date Notes :- Progress proof Identified after comparison with ML manuscript A3646 F.141
  123
  [ Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Melbourne. Exterior view ]
  Date on plate :- no date Notes :- Progress proof Identified after comparison with ML manuscript A3646 F.141
  124
  [ Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Melbourne. Exterior view ]
  Date on plate :- no date Notes :- Progress proof Identified after comparison with ML manuscript A3646 F.141
  125
  [ Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Melbourne. Exterior view ]
  Date on plate :- no date Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right Notes :- Progress proof Identified after comparison with ML manuscript A3646 F.141
  126
  [ Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Melbourne. Interior view ]
  Date on plate :- no date Notes :- Identified after comparison with ML manuscript A3646 F.143
  127
  Commonwealth Bank of Australia
  Date on plate :- Christmas 1938 Notes :- Christmas card with exterior view, head office, Sydney
  128
  [ Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Note printing and note issue branches ]
  Date on plate :- No date Notes :- Original pencil sketch
  129
  [ Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Note printing and note issue branches ]
  Date on plate :- No date Notes :- Original ink & pencil drawing with black & white photograph cut out
  130
  Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Note printing and note issue branches
  Date on plate :- No date
  131
  Commonwealth Bank of Australia
  Date on plate :- No date Notes :- Original pencil drawing with ink, pencil & wash cut - and - pastes
  132
  Commonwealth Bank of Australia
  Date on plate :- No date Notes :- Black & white photograph of original pencil drawing with ink, pencil & wash ( before cut - and paste )
  133
  Cumberland County Council, New South Wales [ emblem ]
  Date on plate :- No date
  134
  Manning River District Hospital [ Taree, New South Wales ] [ emblem ]
  Date on plate :- No date Notes :- Original pencil drawing. On reverse side are design sketches
  135
  Border design for card ( see below )
  Date on plate :- No date Notes :- Proof before letters
  136
  Appreciation card
  Date on plate :- No date Notes :- Engraving
  137
  Menu
  Date on plate :- No date Inscriptions on Sheet :- On reverse side is No.1 / ... [ initials ] / 13/9/1937 ' in ink Notes :- Black & white photograph of original drawing
  138
  Menu
  Date on plate :- No date Notes :- Progress proof of black and white photograph of original drawing
  139
  Menu
  Date on plate :- No date Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Artist's proof ' lower center ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right Notes :- Artist's proof of black and white photograph of original drawing
  140
  Menu
  Date on plate :- No date Notes :- Another copy
  141
  With sincere Sympathy [ plate for sympathy card ]
  Date on plate :- 1943
  142
  With Deepest Sympathy [ plate for sympathy card ]
  Date on plate :- 1943
  143
  In Understanding Sympathy [ plate for sympathy card ]
  Date on plate :- 1943
  144
  Our Sympathy [ plate for sympathy card ]
  Date on plate :- 1943
  145
  Sincere Sympathy [ plate for sympathy card ]
  Date on plate :- 1943
  146
  In Sympathy [ plate for sympathy card ]
  Date on plate :- 1943
  147
  In Sympathy [ plate for sympathy card ]
  Date on plate :- 1943
  148
  [ Unidentified priest Etching ]
  Date on plate :- No date
  149
  [ Unidentified boy ] Mixed techniques
  Date on plate :- No date
  150
  [ Unidentified woman's head ] Etching
  Date on plate :- No date Notes :- ( 1st ? ) progress proof. ( black ink )
  151
  [ Unidentified woman's head ]
  Date on plate :- No date Notes :- Another copy ( black ink )
  152
  [ Unidentified woman's head ]
  Date on plate :- No date Notes :- ( 2nd ? ) Progress proof. ( blue ink )
  153
  [ Unidentified woman's head ]
  Date on plate :- No date Notes :- ( 3rd ? ) Progress proof. ( black ink )
  154
  [ Unidentified woman's head ]
  Date on plate :- No date Notes :- ( 4th ? ) Progress proof. ( blue ink )
  155
  [ Triangular design ] Etching
  Date on plate :- No date
  156
  [ Triangular design ] Etching
  Date on plate :- No date
  157
  [ Triangular design ] Etching
  Date on plate :- No date
  158
  [ Triangular design ] Etching
  Date on plate :- No date Notes :- ( 1st ? ) progress proof
  159
  [ Triangular design ]
  Date on plate :- No date Notes :- ( 2nd ? ) progress proof
  160
  [ Triangular design ] Etching
  Date on plate :- No date Notes :- ( 1st ? ) progress proof
  161
  [ Triangular design ]
  Date on plate :- No date Notes :- ( 2nd ? ) progress proof
  162
  [ Triangular design ]
  Date on plate :- No date Notes :- ( 3rd ? ) progress proof
  163
  [ Unidentified figure ] Engraving
  Date on plate :- No date Notes :- Engraving is unsigned
  164
  [ Unidentified ] figure with hoop ] Etching
  Date on plate :- No date Notes :- Etching is unsigned
  165
  [ Windsor Castle Bookplate ]
  Date on plate :- 1911 Notes :- Initials ' C.W.E. ' lower left
  166
  [ Etching of seal ]
  Date on plate :- No date Notes :- Etching is unsigned
  
  166a Sheet
  Date on plate :- No date Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' This shows Geo III. arms plus ( deleted ) the bar sinister which ( deleted ) naturally is omitted inscribed below seal Notes :- Nos. 165 & 166 pasted on sheet
• Finding Aids
  Contents list available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room -
• Description source
  
  Information transferred from pictures card catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2008-2009
• General note
  
  Other copies of some bookplates, as detailed on Contents List accompanying DGA 70, are filed at A3646 and PXA 370.
  
  Keyword subject:
  Sydney Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
  Commonwealth Bank of Australia
  Cumberland County Council (N.S.W.)
  Manning River District Hospital (Taree, N.S.W.)
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  The majority of finished bookplates include artist's name and date from plate; many are also signed 'Gayfield Shaw' in pencil. One bookplate, no. 165, is signed 'C.W.E.', and dated 1911; some unsigned works (e.g. no.166) may be by another hand.
• Subject
  Bookplates.
  
• Topic
  greeting cards
  menus
  portraits
  buildings, structures & establishments
  
• Place
  King's School (Parramatta, N.S.W.)
  Technical College (Kensington)
  
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