JAMES HERBERT MCNAIR (1868-1955)
RARE BOOKPLATE FOR GEORGE STANSER MACNAIR, CIRCA 1900
£800
Auction: 7 November 2012 at 11:00 GMT
Description
printed paper, with design depicting three mermaids and bearing inscription EX LIBRIS/ GEORGE STANSER MCNAIR and J. HERBERT MCNAIR INV.DEL.
Dimensions
7.5 x 4.5cm
Footnote
Note: The bookplate is affixed to the flyleaf of a book, THE GREY MAN, by Samuel Rutherford Crockett, published in London in 1896 and bears the inscription GIVEN TO STANSER AND CAROLINE(?) MCNAIR, DEC. 17, 1934/ BY/ MRS. GEORGE STANSER MCNAIR. George Stanser McNair was the father of the artist J. Herbert McNair. Mermaids are featured in the McNair family crest.