File 04: Box 1 / Folder 4. The Mitchell collection of bookplates, Argus to Australian Club Sydney

PXA 1217/Box 01/Folder 4

file

approximately 1806-1957

Graphic Materials, Prints

919486

50 prints - various sizes

Box 1 / Folder 4: Bookplate collection Argus to Australian Club Sydney
50 bookplates arranged alphabetically by bookplate owner
Note, items with no source information are assumed to be from David Scott Mitchell's bookplate collection.

Owner: Argus, Jean-Lysbeth
Motto: Ex Libris,
Description: Label; A close up of a person reading a book held in hands, background of peacock feathers, "Ex Libris", "Should you fail to return his book, the Argus eye at you will look".
Artist: Artist mark bottom left corner
Date: 1925
Source: Barnett - By Exchange September 1932

Owner: Aria
Motto:
Description: Label, a cat eating a fish next to an angler's basket
Artist: Mahony, William F
Date: No date
Source: By Exchange, N. Barnett, July 1946

Owner: Arkley, Patrick
Motto: Bene qui sedulo
Description: Armorial; "Bene qui sedulo" festoon below
Artist: Unknown
Date: No date
Source: [David Scott Mitchell]

Owner: Arkwright, Richard
Motto: Multa Tuli Fecique
Description: Armorial; 'Multa Tuli Fecique"



Artist: Unknown
Date: No date
Source: [David Scott Mitchell]

Owner: Armidale Teachers College
Motto: In Cruce Vinco
Description: Label; sketch of Armidale Teachers College, with shield below, "In Cruce Vinco" "Howard Hinton his gift"
Artist: Feint, Adrian
Date: No date
Source: Presented by Armidale Teachers College, 1940

Owner: Armour
Motto: Semper Fidelis
Description: Armorial; "Semper Fidelis" "Armour"
Artist: Perrottet, George David
Date: No date
Source: By Exchange, N. Barnett, July, 1946

Owner: Armstrong, William Wield
Motto: Invictus Manes
Description: Armorial; crest is an upper arm holding an uprooted log and shield depicts arm holding an uprooted log
Artist: Unknown
Date: No date
Source: [David Scott Mitchell]

Owner: Army and Navy Club
Motto: Unitate Fortior
Description: Armorial; label used to give books their case and shelf placing.
Artist: Unknown
Date: No date
Source: [David Scott Mitchell]

Owner: Army Medical Department
Motto:
Description: Label; Label for a manual, signed by J.B. Gibson
Artist: Unknown
Date: 1864
Source: [David Scott Mitchell]

Owner: Armytage, George John
Motto: Semper Paratus
Description: Armorial; Shield framed by squared festoon, "Semper Paratus",
Artist: Unknown
Date: No date
Source: [David Scott Mitchell]

Owner: Arnold, George Esq
Motto: Ut Vivas Vigila
Description: Armorial; "Ut Vivas Vigila"
Artist: Unknown
Date: 1806
Source: [David Scott Mitchell]

Owner: Arnott, Jean
Motto: Ex Libris
Description: Label; seated woman holding open book, watched by angel. Book inscribed "Ex Libris"
Artist: Oppen, Margaret (nee Arnott)
Date: No date
Source: Barnett - By Exchange September 1933

Owner: Arnott, M. E.
Motto:
Description: Label; tree silhouetted by sunset (or sunrise)
Artist: Oppen, Margaret (nee Arnott) Artist's mark top left corner
Date: No date
Source: By Exchange, N. Barnett, July 1946

Owner: Arnott, William
Motto: Ex Libris
Description: Label; person with halo writing at table watched by angles


Artist: Arnott, Margaret (Oppen)
Date: No date
Source: Barnett - By Exchange September 1932

Owner: Arundell, James Everand
Motto: Deo Date
Description: Armorial; Deo Date
Artist: Unknown
Date: No date
Source: [David Scott Mitchell]

Owner: Aschenbrenner
Motto: Ex Libris
Description: Label; "Ex Libris", Steam Locomotive with open book before it.
Artist: Paul Telemann
Date: 1904
Source: [David Scott Mitchell]

Owner: Aschram Darling Point
Motto: Non Doctrina, Solum Sed Virtue
Description: Label; label for school prizes
Artist: Unknown
Date: No date
Source: [David Scott Mitchell]

Owner: Ashhurst, F. J. H. A.
Motto:
Description: Label; Fox standing
Artist: Unknown
Date: No date
Source: [David Scott Mitchell]

Owner: Ashton, Arthur J.
Motto:
Description: Label; a monogram of AJA superimposed.
Artist: Unknown
Date: No date
Source: [David Scott Mitchell]

Owner: Ashton, Bertha
Motto: Her Book
Description: Label; Red ink, a monk reading a book and a devil standing behind.

Artist: N.L.
Date: No date
Source: [David Scott Mitchell]

Owner: Ashton, Will
Motto: Ex Libris
Description: Label; sketch of artist painting next to the Seine with Notre Dame in the background. "ex Libris" Artist signed "Lindsay Lionel Apres W.A." = After Western Australia [?]
Artist: Lindsay, Sir Lionel Arthur (1874 - 1961)
Date: No date
Source: Presented by M. Mann, January 1953

Owner: Ashton, Will
Motto: Ex Libris
Description: Label; sketch of artist painting next to the Seine with Notre Dame in the background. "ex Libris" Artist signed "Lindsay Lionel Apres W.A." = After Western Australia [?]
Artist: Lindsay, Sir Lionel Arthur (1874 - 1961)
Date: No date
Source: P. N. Barnett 26 June 1952

Owner: Ashwell, Arthur Rawson, M.A.
Motto: Scire Est Posse
Description: Armorial; "Scire Est Posse"
Artist: Unknown
Date: No date
Source: [David Scott Mitchell]

Owner: Aspinall, Arthur M
Motto: Ex Libris
Description: Label; a mounted soldier with drawn bayonet and Egyptian sphinx statues in an Art Deco styled frame
Artist: Harold Byrne
Date: No date
Source: Pic.Acc.2978

Owner: Aspinall, James P.
Motto:
Description: Armorial; crest and torse
Artist: Unknown
Date: No date
Source: [David Scott Mitchell]

Owner: Asselbergs, L and K
Motto: Vredig
Description: Label; stylised sketch showing two figures fighting and one figure running away, "Vredig" 1957 Artist mark lower right corner
Artist: Artist's mark lower right corner
Date: 1957
Source: Adrian Feint collection (DG Pic.Acc.121)

Owner: Asselbergs, L and K
Motto: Vredig
Description: Label; stylised sketch showing angels, atomic bombs, modern transport, "Vredig 1956" Artist mark lower left corner
Artist: Sleper; Artist's mark lower left corner
Date: 1956
Source: Adrian Feint collection (DG Pic.Acc.121)

Owner: Asselbergs, L and K
Motto: Kerstmis 1953
Description: Label; stylised sketch showing stylised religious Christmas figures and settings, "Kerstmis 1953" Artist mark lower right corner
Artist: Sleper; Artist's mark lower lright corner
Date: 1953
Source: Adrian Feint collection (DG Pic.Acc.121)

Owner: Association For Promoting The Christian Religion Incorporation
Motto:
Description: Label; A stamped oval label
Artist: Unknown
Date: No date
Source: [David Scott Mitchell]

Owner: Astley, Robert
Motto: Fide Sed Cui Vide
Description: Armorial; ducal coronet with ostrich feathers plumage above shield. "Fide Sed Cui Vide" festooned below
Artist: Unknown
Date: No date
Source: [David Scott Mitchell]

Owner: Aston
Motto: Numini Et Patriae Asto
Description: Armorial; "Numini Et Patriae Asto"
Artist: Unknown
Date: No date
Source: [David Scott Mitchell]

Owner: Astorga, Marques de
Motto:
Description: Label, "Biblioteca Del Excmo. Senor Marques de Astorga"
Artist: Unknown
Date: 1600 or 1820's
Source: [David Scott Mitchell]

Owner: Atherton, C. B.
Motto:
Description: Armorial;
Artist: Unknown
Date: No date
Source: [David Scott Mitchell]

Owner: Atherton, Chas H.
Motto: Ex Libris By the Name of Atherton
Description: label; seaport scene in frame, coat of arms below "Ex Libris" "By the Name of Atherton"
Artist: Artist's mark bottom of frame
Date: No date
Source: [David Scott Mitchell]

Owner: Atholl, Duke of
Motto: Furth Fortune and Fill the Fetters
Description: Armorial; Elaborate drawing of coat of arms. "Furth Fortune and Fill the Fetters" "His Grace James Duke of Atholl, Lord of man and the Isles, Lord Strange 1737"
Artist: Unknown
Date: 1737
Source: [David Scott Mitchell]

Owner: Atkinson, Alastair H. F.
Motto: His Book
Description: Label; two sailing ships with indigenous canoes at upper right corner, framed in black and books shelved bottom left.
Artist: Hilda Wiseman, HW at bottom of frame
Date: 1952
Source: Presented by A. H. F. Atkinson, September 1952

Owner: Atkinson, Buddle
Motto:
Description: Label; a bubbling trout - stream, into which an angler casts his line: in the foreground is a crest 'of a dragon speared' enclosed in a shield
Artist: Thomas Bewick, ?
Date: Mid 17th century ?
Source: [David Scott Mitchell]

Owner: Atkinson, W. W.
Motto: Fortiter Et Fideliter
Description: Armorial; "Fortiter Et Fideliter" "Burton in Kendal"
Artist: Unknown
Date: No date
Source: [David Scott Mitchell]

Owner: Attorney General, Department of
Motto: Public Property
Description: Label; "Department of Attorney General Public Property"
Artist: Unknown
Date: No date
Source: [David Scott Mitchell]

Owner: Aubele, Lina
Motto: Ex Libris
Description: Label; coloured label, a pink red rose with rose branch behind
Artist: Kunst, Adolf (1882-1937) Artist's mark bottom left corner. AK
Date: No date
Source: By Exchange N. Barnett July 1946

Owner: Auchmuty, James Johnston
Motto: Dum Spiro Spero
Description: Armorial;
Artist: Sean O'Sullivan
Date: 1945
Source: Donated M. H. Ellis 1954

Owner: Auckland Free Public Library
Motto: Advance
Description: Label; a stamped round label showing an early coat of arms of Auckland "Established 1880"
Artist: Unknown
Date: 1880
Source: [David Scott Mitchell]

Owner: Audubon Club
Motto:
Description: Label; a round book plate depicting a bird perched on a branch
Artist: Evans; artist's mark bottom right corner.
Date: No date
Source: Barnett - By Exchange September 1932

Owner: Augstein, Otto
Motto: Ex Libris
Description: Label; vase with pear tree bloom, beside books, one opened showing text; "Inter Folia Fructus"
Artist: P. Voigt
Date: 1897
Source: [David Scott Mitchell]

Owner: Austin, Margaret
Motto: Her Book
Description: Label; a tree in foreground with simple landscape behind, inscriptions above and below
Artist: Ella Dwyer,
Date: December 1925 (or 1935)
Source: By Exchange, N. Barnett, July, 1946

Owner: Australasian Pioneers' Club
Motto: Ex Libris
Description: Label; "Ex Libris" "Australasian Pioneers' Club" - "Primi Interres Australes" Two men sit in a gazebo that has been decorated with flowers and fruit. In the background is hills and buildings.
Artist: Adrian Feint
Date: 1924
Source: [David Scott Mitchell]

Owner: Australian Black and White Artists Collection
Motto: Ex Libris
Description: Label; a dramatic label depicting various drawing equipment and pencils as snakes around central label "Ex Libris Australian Black and White Artists Collection Presented by … State Library of New South Wales"
Artist: Magon signed bottom right corner
Date: No date
Source: Pic.Acc.6885

Owner: Australian Club
Motto: Library
Description: Label; round label with "Library" in center
Artist: Unknown
Date: No date
Source: [David Scott Mitchell]

Owner: Australian Club
Motto: Library
Description: Label; round label with "Library" in center and "presented by Dr F. N. Manning Vice President 1900"
Artist: Unknown
Date: No date
Source: [David Scott Mitchell]

Owner: Australian Club Sydney, The
Motto:
Description: Label; A view of the countryside out of an arched opening. Trees, a lake and a man are visible beyond the balcony.
Artist: Adrian Feint
Date: 1924
Source: Barnett - By Exchange September 1932

Arranged alphabetically by bookplate owner

Contents list compiled by volunteers, March 2011- March 2012.