Tag: Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo

Arts and Crafts bookplates or ex libris. British. Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo, designer. Collections of the William Morris Gallery.

Part-finished design for bookplate with initials within a wreath motif. Possibly created for Herbert Percy Horne. Undated. British. Pencil and ink on tracing paper. Collections of and © William Morris Gallery, London Borough of Waltham Forest, Fair use license. via https://www.wmgallery.org.uk/collection/artists-64/mackmurdo-arthur-heygate-1851-1942/initial/m/page/3/object/bookplate-design-for-hlph-a204viii
Design for a book plate for Arnold Dolmestsch that features a bird and lute motif. Dolmetsch was a French-born musician and instrument maker, and was a leading figure in the 20th-century revival of interest in early music. Undated. British. Pencil and ink. Collections of and © William Morris Gallery, London Borough of Waltham Forest, Fair use license. via https://www.wmgallery.org.uk/collection/artists-64/mackmurdo-arthur-heygate-1851-1942/initial/m/page/3/object/bookplate-design-for-arnold-dolmetsch-a204xix
Bookplate design for William Thomas Holmes Spicer who was an ophthalmic surgeon. Undated but before 1935. British. Ink on paper. Collections of and © William Morris Gallery, London Borough of Waltham Forest, Fair use license. via https://www.wmgallery.org.uk/collection/artists-64/mackmurdo-arthur-heygate-1851-1942/initial/m/page/3/object/bookplate-design-for-william-thomas-holmes-spicer-a204i

Arts and Crafts animals with a bit of a twist. British. Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo, designer. All of these being textiles. Designing other things too but with nothing I can find that swims or chirps.

"Cromer Bird." ca. 1884.
“Cromer Bird.” ca. 1884. Hand block printed cretonne. Image © The William Morris Gallery, London. Fair use license. via https://www.wmgallery.org.uk/collection/search-the-collection-65/cromer-bird-cretonne-f84-c-1884/search/mackmurdo/page/1

"Shell, dolphin and seaweed" design. Undated.
“Shell, dolphin and seaweed” design. Undated. Bodycolour on paper. Image © The William Morris Gallery, London. Fair use license. via https://www.wmgallery.org.uk/collection/artists-64/mackmurdo-arthur-heygate-1851-1942/initial/m/object/shell-dolphin-and-seaweed-design-a106/page/2

"Thorns and Butterflies." ca. 1884.
“Thorns and Butterflies.” ca. 1884. Block printed cretonne. Image © The William Morris Gallery, London. Fair use license. via https://www.wmgallery.org.uk/collection/artists-64/century-guild/initial/c/page/1/object/thorns-and-butterflies-cretonne-f99-c-1884