Water-colour drawings and engravings; choice French and other engravings
A auction catalogue of watercolours and French engravings, issued by the London firm Christie, Manson & Woods in 1881 and held at the Getty Research Institute. The picture is a bookplate reading ex libris for R.W. Lloyd, a bookplate rather than an auction illustration, so it reflects the ownership marks collectors pasted into their books. A designer might take from it the compact system of a framed label, a central pictorial motif, and a scroll banner carrying the owner's name.
