Item 49: Bookplate, James Heywood and Markland Frssa, no date
Item — Box: 20, Folder: 49
Dates
- Created: no date
Creator
- Cleghorn, John, 1818-1880 (Person)
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Bookplate
Condition Note:
Good, no issues.
Measurements:
2 ⅝ in. x 2 11/16 in.
Title:
James Heywood and Markland Frssa
Description:
A bookplate featuring a family crest. The crest has a lion and a banner around it. There is text around the lion that reads “Marte et arte” which translates to “Mars and art.” There is also text that reads FRSSA which means Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts. Bookplate Collector James Heywood was born on May 28, 1810 in Manchester, Lancashire. His parents were Nathaniel Heywood and Ann Heywood. He had two siblings, Benjamin Heywood and Thomas Heywood. He was married to Anne Kennedy Escher. He had one child, Anne Sophia Heywood. His grandfather was Thomas Percival. He graduated from Trinity College in Cambridge and got into the Inner Temple. He was part of the Portico Library and Manchester Historical Society, where he was president for two years, and “published a study of the population of Miles Platting in Manchester.” He also became a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and became their leader for two years. He liked geology as well and gave a lot of rocks to help create the Mineral Collection at the Manchester Museum in 1840. In 1835, he became the first leader of Manchester Athenaeum and was a part of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in February 1839. He was a liberal MP for ten years, and advocated for free libraries, museums and art exhibits, opportunities for dissenters to get into college, and opportunities for women to earn their degrees. He was also the leader of the Sunday Society, which wanted relaxation to be an option for Sundays. He opened the inaugural library in Kensington at Notting Hill in 1879, ten years before the Kensington Central Library was opened in his honor. He died on October 17, 1897. Bookplate creator John Cleghorn was born in 1818. He is known for working in architecture, landscape painting, and wood carving. Some of his works include Burlington House, Piccadilly (1831) and Colosseum, Rome: Section at Arch 21 (1822). He died in 1880.
Creator
- Cleghorn, John, 1818-1880 (Person)
Repository Details
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Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu