Pope Pius XI : portrait watermark, c. 1937.

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Pope Pius XI : portrait watermark, c. 1937.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/754864269

The production process of this watermark is very unusual, with the result looking something between a photograph and a watermark. Possibly it was used by the pope as stationery for legal documents.

2 folders (5 sheets of identical image)

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 8130804

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Hunter, Dard, 1883-1966

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Hunter was part of the American Arts and Crafts Movement, and a member of Elbert Hubbard's Roycrofters in East Aurora, NY, in 1904. He devoted his life to research, collecting, writing, and publishing the history of hand papermaking and printing. He published books at his Mountain House Press and established Lime Rock Mill, a paper mill in Connecticut. In 1939 he established the Dard Hunter Paper Museum at MIT, which later moved to the American Museum of Papermaking in Atlanta, Ga. F...

Pius XI, Pope, 1857-1939

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Portrait watermarks are rather rare. A description of the process is included, photocopied from Dard Hunter's "Paper Making, the history and technique of an ancient craft, " Dover Publications, facsimilie 2nd ed., 1947. From the description of Pope Pius XI : portrait watermark, c. 1937. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864269 Achille Ambrogio Damiano Ratti. From the description of Letter of acknowledgement : to Mr. J.P. Morgan, 1929 Sept. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat ...