Creator
Samuel Woodforde
Title
Bookplate Designs for Henriette Anne Hoare, Lady Acland.
Date
1763-1817
Description
As these framed sketches show, British artist Samuel Woodforde designed several different versions of the bookplate of Henrietta Anne Hoare (c. 1765-1841), Lady Acland, before settling on the composition in the upper right. Lady Acland came from a family of book collectors. Her mother, Frances Ann Hoare (1735/6-1800), also had a personal bookplate, as shown in this example on the right. Her brother, Sir Richard Colt Hoare (1758-1838) of Stourhead, gave his superb collection of Italian topographical books to the British Museum in 1825.
Source
Purchased in 2020 with Grolier Club Library Harper Funds.
Format
Pen and sepia ink, 6½ x 5¾ in.