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Collection includes bookplates, some with original designs and proofs, for individuals and bodies such as Meriden Girls' School, Strathfield, Kings School, Teachers' College, Sydney Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and Commonwealth Bank of Australia.  A number of the bookplates include portraits or depictions of associated individuals or buildings.

Also included in the collection are a Commonwealth Bank Christmas card, designs for emblems for Cumberland County Council and Manning River District Hospital, Taree, an appreciation card, a menu, a number of sympathy cards and a number of unidentified engravings.

1
Rose Berry
Date on plate :- 03/09/1931
2
P.N. Barnett
Date on plate :- 12/09/1931
3a
Meriden
Date on plate :- September 25, 1931 Notes :- On same sheet as No.3 ( b )
3b
Meriden Girls' School ... 16th December 1932
Notes :- Plate inscribed ' Designed & engraved by E.E. Brown & Gayfield Shaw '
4
J.M. Shaw
Date on plate :- October 1931 Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right
5
... R. Gordon Craig ...
Date on plate :- December 1931
6
... R. Gordon Craig ...
Date on plate :- December 1931 Notes :- Reproduction Photolitho. ( ? )
7
Elsa Hale
8
The King's School
9
Cedric Shaw His Book
10
Mary Gilmore Her Totem
Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right ' Mary Gilmore ' in ink, lower right
11
[ George Robertson ]
Date on plate :- [ April 14 1932 ] Notes :- Progress proof. Name & dare established c.f. ML Manuscript A3646 F.33
12
[ Florence Jean. Shaw ]
Date on plate :- [ 7.5.32 ] Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' 5th state ' lower left ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right Notes :- Proof before letters. Name & date established c.f. PXA 370 F.26
13
[ G.D. Perrottet His Book ]
Date on plate :- [ 7-6-.32 ] Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' State 7 ' lower left ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right Notes :- Progress plate
14
G.D. Perrottet His Book
Date on plate :- 7-6-.32 Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right
15
R.M. Clark
Date on plate :- June 24, 1932
16
Reverned Geo. Cowie
Date on plate :- June 27, 1932 Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right
17
Icey O'Conor
Date on plate :- July 27, 1932 Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right
18
Icey O'Conor
Date on plate :- July 27, 1932 Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right Notes :- Another copy
19
Francis Zarbel [ sic ]
Date on plate :- [ August 11, 1932 ] Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Ex Libris / FRANCIS ZARBEL ' in pencil on name panel. ' Gayfield Shaw / August 11 1932 ' lower right Notes :- Progress proof
20
Frances Zabel
Date on plate :- August 11, 1932
21
Frances Zabel
Date on plate :- August 11, 1932 Notes :- Another copy, dark blue ink
22
The Teacher's College Sydney
Date on plate :- [ 20-9-32 ] Notes :- Progress proof
23
The Teacher's College Sydney
Date on plate :- 20-9-32
24
[ Icey O'Conor ]
Date on plate :- [ Oct. 7 1932 ] Notes :- Proof before letters Name & date established compared PXA 370 No.17
25
Francis Clune
Date on plate :- Oct.17 1932
26
C. H. Bertie
Date on plate :- Nov 3 1932 Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right
27
Conor Macleod
Date on plate :- Dec.5, 1932 Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right
28
George Eitzpatrick
Date on plate :- Dec.33 1932
29
[ James R. Tyrrell ]
Date on plate :- [ Jan 6 1933 ] Notes :- Original pencil sketch for No.30
30
James R. Tyrrell
Date on plate :- Jan 6 1933 Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right
31
A.N. Armstrong
Date on plate :- March 10 1933 Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right
32
W.W. Ingram
Date on plate :- Jan 30 1935
33
I.L. Ninian Thomson
Date on plate :- 19th March 1936
34
Lillian Ruth Ball
Date on plate :- April 27 1936 Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right
35
Josephine Beveridge
Date on plate :- 28-3-37 Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right
36
Adeline Moran
Date on plate :- [ June 1937 ] Notes :- Black & white photo of original drawing
37
Adeline Moran
Date on plate :- June 1937 Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Family ' lower left ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right
38
N.C. de Arcy
Date on plate :- May 1938 Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right
39
F.J. Wallis
Date on plate :- [ December 1938 ] Notes :- Original pencil drawing Date established compared ML Manuscript A3646 F.101
40
F.J. Wallis
Date on plate :- [ December 1938 ] Notes :- Black & white photograph of original pencil drawing.
41
F.C. Blank
Date on plate :- [ June 1939 ] Notes :- Original pencil and crayon drawing. Date established compared ML Manuscript A3646 F.103.
42
F.C. Blank
Date on plate :- [ June 1939 ] Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' 1 ' lower right Notes :- ( 1st ? ) Progress proof
43
F.C. Blank
Date on plate :- [ June 1939 ] Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' 2 ' lower right Notes :- ( 2nd ? ) Progress proof
44
F.C. Blank
Date on plate :- [ June 1939 ] Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' 3 ' lower right Notes :- ( 3rd ? ) Progress proof
45
F.C. Blank
Date on plate :- [ June 1939 ] Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' 4 ' lower right Notes :- ( 4th ? ) Progress proof
46
F.C. Blank
Date on plate :- [ June 1939 ] Notes :- ( 5th ? ) Progress proof
47
[ F.C. Blank ]
Date on plate :- [ June 1939 ] Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' 5 ' lower right Notes :- ( 6th ? ) Progress proof
48
F.C. Blank
Date on plate :- [ June 1939 ] Notes :- Another copy of No.47
49
F.C. Blank
Date on plate :- [ June 1939 ] Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' 6 ' lower right Notes :- ( 7th ? ) Progress proof
50
[ F.C. Blank ]
Date on plate :- [ June 1939 ] Notes :- Another copy of No.49 Red ink
51
Sheila Singer
Date on plate :- Aug 1940
52
Mollie Westhoven
Date on plate :- [ Feb. 1941 ] Notes :- Original pencil drawing
53
Mollie Westhoven
Date on plate :- [ Feb. 1941 ] Notes :- Progress proof
54
Mollie Westhoven
Date on plate :- [ Feb. 1941 ]
55
Carl. Boris Schedvin
Date on plate :- April 1944
56
Carl. Boris Schedvin
Date on plate :- April 1944 Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right Notes :- Another copy of No.55 ( on grey card )
57
Maynie Wadsworth
Date on plate :- [ 30.10.1944 ] Notes :- Black & white photo of original drawing
58
Maynie Wadsworth
Date on plate :- [ 30.10.1944 ] Notes :- Progress proof
59
Maynie Wadsworth
Date on plate :- [ 30.10.1944 ] Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' USQUE AD ADSTRA ' in pink pencil, lower center Notes :- Progress proof
60
Maynie Wadsworth
Date on plate :- 30.10.1944
61
[ ... Ethel B. Wallis ... ]
Date on plate :- [ November, 1944 ] Notes :- Progress proof
62
... Ethel B. Wallis ...
Date on plate :- November, 1944
63
[ ... P. Neville Barnett ... ]
Date on plate :- [ 1951 ] Notes :- Original ink drawing
64
[ ... P. Neville Barnett ... ]
Date on plate :- [ 1951 ] Notes :- ( 1st ? ) Progress proof
65
[ ... P. Neville Barnett ... ]
Date on plate :- [ 1951 ] Notes :- ( 2nd ? ) Progress proof
66
[ ... P. Neville Barnett ... ]
Date on plate :- [ 1951 ] Notes :- ( 3rd ? ) Progress proof
67
[ ... P. Neville Barnett ... ]
Date on plate :- [ 1951 ] Notes :- ( 4th ? ) Progress proof
68
... R. Neville Barnett ...
Date on plate :- [ 1951 ] Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' PRESENTED IN / APPRECIATION ON / R. NEVILLE BARNETT / BY AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND / BOOK PLATE - COLLECTORS ' in pencil on name panel Notes :- ( 5th ? ) Progress proof
69
... P. Neville Barnett ...
Date on plate :- 1951 Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right
70
Thomas E. Lilley
Date on plate :- [ 1951 ] Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' QUAEILITER ET DILIGENTER / OUT ' in pencil above drawing Notes :- Original ink drawing
71
Thomas E. Lilley
Date on plate :- [ 1951 ] Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' First Working Proof ' in ink, lower left ' Gayfield Shaw ' in ink, lower right Notes :- Progress proof
72
Thomas E. Lilley
Date on plate :- 1951
73
Mabel E. McQueen, M.A.
Date on plate :- [ Jan 1952 ] Notes :- Black & white photo of original drawing
74
Mabel E. McQueen, M.A.
Date on plate :- Jan 1952 Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right
75
Patricia & Roy McCaughie
Date on plate :- [ Feb. 1952 ] Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' More apron ' lower left ' hand upright ' lower center ' Shorthorn / Bull ' lower right ' EY ' center right ' Chopin/ Schuman '. center right Notes :- Original pencil drawing
76
Patricia & Roy McCaughie
Date on plate :- [ Feb. 1952 ] Notes :- Black & white photo of original pencil drawing ( without inscriptions )
77
Patricia & Roy McCaughie
Date on plate :- [ Feb. 1952 ] Notes :- Black & white photo of original pencil drawing ( without inscriptions )
78
Patricia & Roy McCaughie
Date on plate :- Feb. 1952
79
June Weir Milson
Date on plate :- [ Feb, 1952 ] Notes :- Original pencil drawing
80
June Weir Milson
Date on plate :- [ Feb, 1952 ] Notes :- Black & white photo of original pencil drawing
81
[ June Weir Milson ]
Date on plate :- [ Feb, 1952 ] Notes :- Progress proof
82
June Weir
Date on plate :- Feb, 1952
83
G.W. Lilley
Date on plate :- 1954 Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right
84
Bertha Mac Smith
Date on plate :- 1954 ( ? ) Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' 15/16 Margin sides 1 1/8 " top & bottom ( from light paper ) ' in ink left edge Notes :- Progress proof
85
Bertha Mac Smith
Date on plate :- 1954 Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right
86
Clare Kinsella
Date on plate :- March 29 1955
87
William Ewart Preece
Date on plate :- [ Oct 1955 ] Notes :- Original pencil sketch
88
William Ewart Preece
Date on plate :- Oct 1955 Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right
89
[ Sir Winston Churchill ]
Date on plate :- [ Nov 1955 ] Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Work Proof - 1st ' lower left Notes :- Progress proof
90
[ Sir Winston Churchill ]
Date on plate :- [ Nov 1955 ] Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Work Proof - 1st ' lower left Notes :- Progress proof
91
[ Sir Winston Churchill ]
Date on plate :- [ Nov 1955 ] Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' 2nd Work Proof ' lower left Notes :- Progress proof ( plate unsigned; top of plate untrimmed )
92
[ Sir Winston Churchill ]
Date on plate :- [ Nov 1955 ] Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' 2nd Work Proof ' lower left ' X ' upper left Notes :- Progress proof ( plate unsigned; top of plate untrimmed )
93
[ Sir Winston Churchill ]
Date on plate :- [ Nov 1955 ] Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' 2nd Work Proof ' lower left Notes :- Progress proof ( plate unsigned; top of plate untrimmed )
94
[ Sir Winston Churchill ]
Date on plate :- [ Nov 1955 ] Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Work Proof - 2nd ' lower left Notes :- Plate signed; top of plate trimmed
95
[ Sir Winston Churchill ]
Date on plate :- Nov 1955 Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower left
96
[ Sir Winston Churchill ]
Date on plate :- Nov 1955 Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower left ' Sir Winston Churchill's coat - o - arms - Presentation plate ' left edge
97
[ Sir Winston Churchill ]
Date on plate :- Nov 1955 Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' To Ralph Colville ' lower left ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right ' Sir Winston Churchill Bookplate - ' lower edge
98
[ B.J. Ball Limited ... ]
Date on plate :- [ July 1956 ] Notes :- Progress proof
99
[ B.J. Ball Limited ... ]
Date on plate :- [ July 1956 ] Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' B.J. BALL LIMITED / 1906-1956 / GRAPHIC ARTS LIBRARY ' in pencil on name panel Notes :- Progress proof
100
B.J. Ball Limited ...
Date on plate :- July 1956
101
[ B.J. Ball Limited ... ]
Date on plate :- no date Notes :- Experimental proof using mesh etcetera on detail of head
102
Maja Leon Berry
Date on plate :- no date Notes :- Black & white photo of original drawing
103
Maja Leon Berry
Date on plate :- no date Notes :- Black & white photo of original drawing ( different from No.102 )
104
E.G. Boreham
Date on plate :- no date
105
[ Commonwealth Bank of Australia ]
Date on plate :- no date
106
[ Commonwealth Bank of Australia ]
Date on plate :- no date Notes :- Another copy of No.105
107
R. Gordon Craig
Date on plate :- no date Notes :- Original pencil drawing
108
The Gordon Craig Library Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Date on plate :- no date Notes :- Original ink drawing, with cut and paste
109
The King's School
Date on plate :- no date Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' 1st idea ' upper right Notes :- Original pencil drawing. On reverse side is design sketch ( unidentified )
110
Bertha McSmith
Date on plate :- no date Notes :- Original pencil drawing
111
L.H. Morris
Date on plate :- no date Notes :- Black & white photo of original drawing
112
G.G. Shaw
Date on plate :- no date Notes :- Original pencil drawing
113
G. Gayfield Shaw
Date on plate :- no date Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right
114
G.E. Spark
Date on plate :- no date Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right
115
[ Unidentified ]
Date on plate :- no date Notes :- Original ink drawing with white highlight
116
[ Unidentified ]
Date on plate :- no date Notes :- Working proof of original ink drawing with white highlight
117
[ Unidentified ]
Date on plate :- no date Notes :- Black & white photograph of original drawing, compared No.36
118
[ Unidentified ]
Date on plate :- no date Notes :- Black & white photograph of original drawing
119
[ Unidentified ]
Date on plate :- no date Notes :- Working proof
120
[ Unidentified ]
Date on plate :- no date Notes :- Another copy
121
[ Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Melbourne. Exterior view ]
Date on plate :- no date Notes :- Progress proof Identified after comparison with ML manuscript A3646 F.141
122
[ Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Melbourne. Exterior view ]
Date on plate :- no date Notes :- Progress proof Identified after comparison with ML manuscript A3646 F.141
123
[ Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Melbourne. Exterior view ]
Date on plate :- no date Notes :- Progress proof Identified after comparison with ML manuscript A3646 F.141
124
[ Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Melbourne. Exterior view ]
Date on plate :- no date Notes :- Progress proof Identified after comparison with ML manuscript A3646 F.141
125
[ Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Melbourne. Exterior view ]
Date on plate :- no date Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right Notes :- Progress proof Identified after comparison with ML manuscript A3646 F.141
126
[ Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Melbourne. Interior view ]
Date on plate :- no date Notes :- Identified after comparison with ML manuscript A3646 F.143
127
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Date on plate :- Christmas 1938 Notes :- Christmas card with exterior view, head office, Sydney
128
[ Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Note printing and note issue branches ]
Date on plate :- No date Notes :- Original pencil sketch
129
[ Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Note printing and note issue branches ]
Date on plate :- No date Notes :- Original ink & pencil drawing with black & white photograph cut out
130
Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Note printing and note issue branches
Date on plate :- No date
131
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Date on plate :- No date Notes :- Original pencil drawing with ink, pencil & wash cut - and - pastes
132
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Date on plate :- No date Notes :- Black & white photograph of original pencil drawing with ink, pencil & wash ( before cut - and paste )
133
Cumberland County Council, New South Wales [ emblem ]
Date on plate :- No date
134
Manning River District Hospital [ Taree, New South Wales ] [ emblem ]
Date on plate :- No date Notes :- Original pencil drawing. On reverse side are design sketches
135
Border design for card ( see below )
Date on plate :- No date Notes :- Proof before letters
136
Appreciation card
Date on plate :- No date Notes :- Engraving
137
Menu
Date on plate :- No date Inscriptions on Sheet :- On reverse side is No.1 / ... [ initials ] / 13/9/1937 ' in ink Notes :- Black & white photograph of original drawing
138
Menu
Date on plate :- No date Notes :- Progress proof of black and white photograph of original drawing
139
Menu
Date on plate :- No date Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' Artist's proof ' lower center ' Gayfield Shaw ' lower right Notes :- Artist's proof of black and white photograph of original drawing
140
Menu
Date on plate :- No date Notes :- Another copy
141
With sincere Sympathy [ plate for sympathy card ]
Date on plate :- 1943
142
With Deepest Sympathy [ plate for sympathy card ]
Date on plate :- 1943
143
In Understanding Sympathy [ plate for sympathy card ]
Date on plate :- 1943
144
Our Sympathy [ plate for sympathy card ]
Date on plate :- 1943
145
Sincere Sympathy [ plate for sympathy card ]
Date on plate :- 1943
146
In Sympathy [ plate for sympathy card ]
Date on plate :- 1943
147
In Sympathy [ plate for sympathy card ]
Date on plate :- 1943
148
[ Unidentified priest Etching ]
Date on plate :- No date
149
[ Unidentified boy ] Mixed techniques
Date on plate :- No date
150
[ Unidentified woman's head ] Etching
Date on plate :- No date Notes :- ( 1st ? ) progress proof. ( black ink )
151
[ Unidentified woman's head ]
Date on plate :- No date Notes :- Another copy ( black ink )
152
[ Unidentified woman's head ]
Date on plate :- No date Notes :- ( 2nd ? ) Progress proof. ( blue ink )
153
[ Unidentified woman's head ]
Date on plate :- No date Notes :- ( 3rd ? ) Progress proof. ( black ink )
154
[ Unidentified woman's head ]
Date on plate :- No date Notes :- ( 4th ? ) Progress proof. ( blue ink )
155
[ Triangular design ] Etching
Date on plate :- No date
156
[ Triangular design ] Etching
Date on plate :- No date
157
[ Triangular design ] Etching
Date on plate :- No date
158
[ Triangular design ] Etching
Date on plate :- No date Notes :- ( 1st ? ) progress proof
159
[ Triangular design ]
Date on plate :- No date Notes :- ( 2nd ? ) progress proof
160
[ Triangular design ] Etching
Date on plate :- No date Notes :- ( 1st ? ) progress proof
161
[ Triangular design ]
Date on plate :- No date Notes :- ( 2nd ? ) progress proof
162
[ Triangular design ]
Date on plate :- No date Notes :- ( 3rd ? ) progress proof
163
[ Unidentified figure ] Engraving
Date on plate :- No date Notes :- Engraving is unsigned
164
[ Unidentified ] figure with hoop ] Etching
Date on plate :- No date Notes :- Etching is unsigned
165
[ Windsor Castle Bookplate ]
Date on plate :- 1911 Notes :- Initials ' C.W.E. ' lower left
166
[ Etching of seal ]
Date on plate :- No date Notes :- Etching is unsigned

166a Sheet
Date on plate :- No date Inscriptions on Sheet :- ' This shows Geo III. arms plus ( deleted ) the bar sinister which ( deleted ) naturally is omitted inscribed below seal Notes :- Nos. 165 & 166 pasted on sheet

Collection of original designs, proofs and finished bookplates; with some sympathy cards and other engravings, 1931-1956 / Gayfield Shaw

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