Item 74: Bookplate, S.A. Leeks, [1820]
Item — Box: 20, Folder: 74
Dates
- Created: [1820]
Creator
- Moore, Thomas Sturge, 1870-1944 (Person)
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Bookplate
Condition Note:
Fair, the plate has markings on it, but is fine overall.
Measurements:
2 ½ in. x 3 5/16 in.
Title:
S.A. Leeks
Description:
A bookplate for S.A. Leeks. There is a family crest with a lion and some birds on it. There is a tree above the crest. Thomas Sturge Moore was born on March 4, 1870 in East Sussex, England. He used his middle name Sturge so he wasn’t mixed up with Thomas Moore. On November 26, 1903, he got married to Marie Appia. They had two kids, Daniel Sturge-Moore, and Henrietta Sturge-Moore. Sturge was a “poet, author, and artist.” He went to school at Dulwich College, the Croydon School of Art, and Lambeth School of Art. While he was at Lambeth, he was taught by wood-engraver Charles Roberts. He was a lifelong friend of W.B. Yeats, who referred to him as “one of the most exquisite poets writing in England.” He wrote plays as well, he created a Madea based on Yeats’ life and the Noh art style from Japan. He created covers for the works of Yeats’ and others, and made art for the books of Vale Press for Charles Ricketts. He was a great poet, writing about death, art, and a ‘severely classical tone’ as poet and critic Yvor Winters put it. His first work, Two Poems, was released in 1893, and his second work, The Vinedresser was released in 1899. He ended up joining the Poetry Recital Society because of his affinity for poetry. In 1901, Moore started the literary theater club with Yeats, Laurence Binon, Charles Ricketts, Ethel Pye, and Sybil Pye. Their first play was Aphrodite against Artemis and it was performed at the Dalston Theater on July 30, 1901. Yeats said the play was “powerful with a beautiful constrained passion.” In 1913, Indian Poet Rabindranath Tagore was picked by Moore for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Moore was awarded a “civil list pension” of seventy-five pounds every year in 1920 because of his involvement in literature. In 1930, he became one of seven people that would be picked for Poet Laurete. He suffered from health problems, and had several heart attacks in 1942 and 1943. He died on July 18, 1944 because of a kidney infection after he had prostate surgery.
Location:
Moore, South Carolina
Creator
- Moore, Thomas Sturge, 1870-1944 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Wilkes University Archives Repository
Contact:
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Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
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84 W South St.
Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu