Miscellaneous European calligraphy, 1591-1977.

Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818

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Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (19 May 1744 – 17 November 1818) was Queen of Great Britain and Queen of Ireland as the wife of King George III. Charlotte was born into the royal family of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Charlotte was a patron of the arts and an amateur botanist who helped expand Kew Gardens. She introduced the Christmas tree to Britain, after decorating one for a Christmas party for children from Windsor in 1800. She was distressed by her husband's bouts of physical and mental illness,...

Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603

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Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn was born at Greenwich on 7 September 1533. She was the half-sister of the elder Mary (1516-1558) and the younger Edward (1537-1553). In her early years she acquired knowledge of Latin, French, and Italian, and showed proficiency in music. Her governesses and tutors tended to adhere to Reformation principles. Identification with Protestantism aroused the suspicions of Mary, a Catholic, on her succession after the death of Edward, even though she h...

Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665-1714

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Anne, Queen of Great Britain 1702-1714, was the last Stuart monarch. Raised as a Protestant, she was convinced to support the efforts of William of Orange and her sister Mary to depose her Catholic father, King James II. William and Mary became monarchs, and Anne succeeded to the throne upon William's death. Anne herself had no clear successor, and this uncertainty fuelled discord in her reign, marked by bitter rivalries between Whigs and Tories. She was succeeded by the Hanoverian line, descend...

Ockendon, K. U.

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Francis I.

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Paritio, Johann Carl.

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Wilbur, Richard

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Richard Wilbur (1921- ) is an American poet and literary translator. He was appointed the sixth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1987. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, for Things of This World (1956) in 1957 (for which he also won the National Book Award) and for New and Collected Poems (1988) in 1989. Among Wilbur's other honors are the 1983 Drama Desk Special Award for his translation of The Misanthrope, the Edna St Vincent Millay Award, t...

Wellington, Irene

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Irene Wellington was born Irene Bass in Lydd, Kent in 1904, where her father was a farmer. She studied art at Maidstone School of Art 1921-1925, and first learnt lettering there under Arthur Sharp. She was introduced to Edward Johnston's Writing, Illuminating and Lettering and in 1925 won a Royal Exhibition scholarship to the Royal College of Art 1925-1930, where Johnston was teaching one day a week. She covered a wide range of subjects, including textile design, embroidery, archite...

Stanbrook Abbey. Press

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Stanbrook Abbey is a cloistered order of Benedictine nuns founded in the 17th century. The order relocated to England following the upheavals of the French Revolution. In 1876 the Abbey began its printing operations, in part to restore the library's contents and enrich the spiritual and intellectual life of the nuns, but also to help supply other English Benedictine communities. In the 20th century, and in particular under the guidance of Dame Hildelith Cumming, printer for the Abbey from 1956-1...

Gerrura.

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Philipp Heinrich Freiherr von Iodoci

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Fairbank, Alfred J.

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British calligrapher. From the description of Calligraphic copy-book made for Vera Law : [England], 1926 Oct. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270479470 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hove, to John Carter, 1958 Mar. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 526599011 From the description of Calligraphic specimens (3) : [England], ca. 1916-1932. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270539935 ...

Bernard

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Epithet: of Venice, Bishop of Cattaro British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000387.0x000169 Epithet: of Add MS 23100 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001346.0x00002d Epithet: de Meung British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000...

Raymond

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Du Côté, Antoine.

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Thomas Carlyle .. .

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Kindersley, David

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Fleuss, Gerald, 1942-

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Philppe de Thuan

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Ellis Ames

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Urwick, Alison, 1946-

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Cowper, John

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Epithet: of Stowe Ch 258 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000680.0x0001bb Epithet: alias Couper; capellanus, of Uttoxeter, county Staffordshire British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000680.0x0001b8 ...

Wolpe, Berthold

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Waters, Sheila, 1929-

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Stone, Reynolds

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English artist, wood engraver, and letterer. From the description of Papers, 1946-1947. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29853269 Epithet: designer and engraver British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0001bc ...

Alfred Tennyson

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Kurka, Adalbert Joseph, 1785-1850,

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Vaughan, Henry, 1621-1695

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Epithet: MD British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000563.0x00014d Epithet: architect British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000563.0x00014c ...

Hillsmith, Montfort.

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Grossmann, Walter

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Dorothy Hutton

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Angel, Marie

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Grossman, Walter

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Hoefer, Karlgeorg

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Taylor, Frank

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University of Pisa

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Alexander, Margaret

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Cammillus de Castelione.

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Komai, Gloria

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Louise Powell

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Andrew Jackson

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Cuala Press

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Founded by Elizabeth and Lily Yeats, the Cuala Press was established in 1902. It operated under the name Dun Emer Press until 1908 when the name changed to Cuala Press. Besides providing works for publication, William Butler Yeats also served as both an editor and adviser for the press. After the death of Elizabeth Yeats in 1940, the work was continued under the management of Bertha Georgie Yeats (the wife of W. B. Yeats). The Cuala Press published its last book in 1946 and would issue only note...

Gourdie, Tom

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Powell, Louise, 1882-1956

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University of Massachusetts, Boston

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Adams, Margaret

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Joan Pilsbury

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Koch, Rudolf, 1876-1934

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Johnston, Edward, 1872-1944

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Epithet: calligrapher and designer of lettering British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x000386 English calligrapher. From the description of Autograph letter signed (2) : Ditchling, to Miss A.T. Evans, 1913 Nov. 13 and 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270485612 From the description of Autograph letter signed (2) : Ditchling, Sussex to Miss Holden and to Messrs Reeves & Sons Ltd., 192...

Zapf, Hermann.

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German graphic artist, calligrapher and designer of typefaces. From the guide to the Associates of the Stanford University Libraries logo and related correspondence, 1981-1982, (Department of Special Collections and University Archives) Biographical/Historical Sketch The Euler Project at Stanford produced a digital typeface, consisting of over 500 mathematical characters, for the American Mathematical Society (AMS). The t...

Neugebauer, Friedrich

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