Bookplate of Robert Ransome (1753-1830)
Printmaker: Ransome, Robert
Small copper plate, cut unevenly and bowed with chamfered corners. 'ROBERT RANSOME . Norwich' engraved on a scroll below an open book, lyre, palm and scrolling devices above.
Given by V.M. Turnbull, 1943
Height: 97 mm
Width: 70 mm
Method of acquisition: Given (1943) by Turnbull, V. M.
19th Century
Circa
1790
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1830
Robert Ransome (1753-1830) retired from his work as an agricultural-implement maker in Norfolk in 1825, after which he took up copper plate engraving as a recreational activity. The uneven preparation of the copper plate suggests that the plate was most likely engraved by him, although the suggested date 'c.1790' which is inscribed in a curatorial hand on a printed impression of the plate (see Notes), predates Ransome's presumed commencement of copper plate engraving in 1825.
Accession number: P.15141-R
Primary reference Number: 317475
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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