Title in pencil upper right., Signed by the artist., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
A man, back to the viewer, is seen carrying a caduceus in his left hand. In the center of each border of the square that frames is a different image. At the top of the square is lion framed in a coat of arms; at the bottom is an open book with the title text upon the pages. On both the left and right sides are closed books with long stemmed flowers behind each. The book title on the left reads Il Purga Torio, and the title on the right reads Il Para Diso.
At the center of the bookplate, seven distinguished individuals are featured, with a laurel wreath surrounding the portrait. A caduceus and a quill pen intersect with each other in the background. Beneath the image is an open book; above is the motto Vita humana est sacra.
Subject (Name):
Zakon, Samuel J.
Subject (Topic):
Books, Pens, Physicians, Portraits, Snakes, and Sword
Portrait drawing of Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros; bust length, in profile to the left; wearing a dark cassock and a red zucchetto
Description:
Title inscribed below image, in pencil in a contemporary hand., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Place and date of production based on the country of residence and death date of Richard Bull, who owned and likely assembled the album in which this drawing was found., Formerly mounted with three other drawings on page 83 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted together with three other drawings to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
A "Prologue" to Wilkie Collins's play The Lighthouse. Autograph manuscript of 1 leaf; on 2 pages; containing approximately 190 words. Dickens wrote this piece for Collins's melodrama when it was first staged at Tavistock House in June 1856.
Fragments of the manuscript of the play, O'Thello. Autograph manuscript of 2 leaves; on 4 pages; containing approximately 495 words. The first leaf, from an unknown part of the play, is headed on both sides by the following handwritten testimony: "This manuscript is in the handwriting of Mr. Charles Dickens forming a leaf of the manuscript of a burlesque on Othello, written by him for performance in his own family in the year 1833," signed "John Dickens, Alphington, 17 July 1842." The second leaf is a fragment of Act I, Scene 3. The play was not printed.
Fragments of the manuscript of the play, O'Thello. Autograph manuscript of 2 leaves; on 4 pages; containing approximately 495 words. The first leaf, from an unknown part of the play, is headed on both sides by the following handwritten testimony: "This manuscript is in the handwriting of Mr. Charles Dickens forming a leaf of the manuscript of a burlesque on Othello, written by him for performance in his own family in the year 1833," signed "John Dickens, Alphington, 17 July 1842." The second leaf is a fragment of Act I, Scene 3. The play was not printed.