Evans, Henry Herman, 1918-1990
Variant namesHenry Evans was born in Superior, Wisconsin in 1918. He came to San Francisco and opened the Porpoise Bookshop in 1944. Evans subsequently acquired an 1852 Washington hand press on which he printed books and pamphlets. In 1958 he began printing linoleum block botanical prints on the same press, for which he gained worldwide renown. Evans passed away in 1990.
From the description of Henry Evans memorabilia, 1962-1971. (California State Library). WorldCat record id: 224492374
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| associatedWith | Adams, Tate. | person |
| associatedWith | Brown University. Library (Providence, Rhode Island). | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Carpenter, Kenneth. | person |
| associatedWith | Duffy, Philip George, | person |
| associatedWith | Evans, Francis Monet Carter. | person |
| associatedWith | Everson, William, 1912-1994. | person |
| associatedWith | Freedman, Ted | person |
| associatedWith | Grabhorn Press. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | McHugh, Vincent, 1904- | person |
| associatedWith | Padgette, Paul. | person |
| associatedWith | Peregrine Press. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Peregrine Press, San Francisco. | corporateBody |
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| California |
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| Botanical illustration |
| Drawings |
| Linoleum prints |
| Poetry |
| Printers |
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Birth 1918-05-16
Death 1990-03-30
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