A Benedictine monk stands on a concrete walkway beneath a wooden-pillared roof. He holds a book before him that he is reading. Foliage is visible on either side of the walkway., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and The back of the card has no handwriting. Printed at the edge of the correspondence section is "Bouake - Monastere benedictin. Le Cloitre." "S. I. et T.Bouake - Photo A. Delage - reproduction interdite."
"Half length portrait of an elderly clergyman in profile to the right with a long sharp nose and receding chin."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
CtY-LW, Printmaker and questionable year of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Sitter identified as Benjamin Buckler (1718-1780), fellow of All Souls, Oxford, where there is a portrait of him ascribed to Gainsborough. See British Museum catalogue., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
H. Humphrey, Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Buckler, Benjamin,--1718-1780--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
A coat of arms divided in half by a scalloped line. On the top half are two open palms; on the bottom half, one. The shield is cloaked by a large clothlike object, with the head of a large elk above the shield, and a long vine on either side.
Subject (Name):
Bates, Benjamin and Bucks, L. Missenden
Subject (Topic):
Animals, Armorial bookplates, Armorials, Hand, Physicians, Shield, and Shields
A coat of arms divided into two sections, with three bells within. Along the sides of the shield are flowers and grasses tied together. At the helm can be seen a garb. At the top of the plate is the motto Quid Utilius.
A coat of arms divided in half; the left half then divided into thirds, with one horizontal stripe, and two vertical. The right-hand side contains three stars and three diamonds. Above the double helm is a pheon dripping with blood to the left, and a lion holding a diamond to the right. Decorative mantling surrounds the shield. Below is the motto Fide et Labore.
Subject (Name):
Humberton, Benjamin Broadbent
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Armorial bookplates, Dragon, Dragons, Helmet, Physicians, Shield, and Shields
