"Bookplate of John Holland; a female figure wearing a helmet and holding a spear and a shield decorated with the arms of the herald painter John Holland: a lion surrounded by eight fleurs-de lis, three putti in the foreground, one putto holding a crown with a lion by the window at left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, state, printmaker, and date from Paulson., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., "John Holland, No. 95."--Ms. note below image., and Mounted on blank verso of printed price sheet for Hogarth prints, p. xix; sheet 235 x 156 mm.
Title devised by curator., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., On leaf 154 of an album with spine title: Trade tokens and bookplates., and Contemporary annotation in ink at bottom of sheet: Ridding.
Title devised by curator., Imperfect; sheet mutilated at top edge with some loss of design., and On leaf 155 of an album with spine title: Trade tokens and bookplates.
Title devised by curator., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., On leaf 154 of an album with spine title: Trade tokens and bookplates., and Contemporary annotation in ink in lower left corner: Clarke.
Title devised by curator., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., On leaf 153 of an album with spine title: Trade tokens and bookplates., and Contemporary annotation in ink in lower left corner: Traffles.
