A scholar's study. Etching by C.W. Sherborn, 1890.
- Sherborn, Charles William, 1831-1912.
- Date:
- 1890
- Reference:
- 652658i
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Among items shown are a bust of Shakespeare, a profile portrait of Charles Darwin in a roundel, statuettes of the Sphinx and of the Venus de Milo, plants, a microscope, and a bookcase of 16th-18th century books, reflecting the bibliographical, antiquarian and natural historical interests of Charles Davies Sherborn, then engaged on the first volume of his Index animalium 1785-1850 (1902-1933)
Publication/Creation
1890.
Physical description
1 print : engraving, with etching ; platemark 13.9 x 9.5 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Ex libris Caroli Davies Sherborn. C.W. Sherborn fecit 1890
The bookcase is inscribed Libri amici deus natura (Latin, books are friends, nature is God)
Reference
Wellcome Collection 652658i
Creator/production credits
Bookplate of Charles Davies Sherborn, engraved by his father
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