Bookplate for Charles Lee Reese
Datec. 1938
Artist
James Horsey Fincken
(American printmaker, 1860–1943)
MediumEngraving
Dimensionsplate: 5 1/4 × 4 in. (13.3 × 10.2 cm)
sheet: 7 1/2 × 6 in. (19.1 × 15.2 cm)
sheet: 7 1/2 × 6 in. (19.1 × 15.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Charles Lee Reese, 1939
Object number1940-11.130
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextEdith Hinchley and her husband, an English chemist, visited the Reeses in the mid-1930s. During the visit, Mrs. Hinchley became ill and, during her convalescence, designed this bookplate as a token of gratitude for the Reese family's care. The tools of the print connoisseur are as prominent as the books. Fincken, a well-known printmaker and a member of the Print Club of Philadelphia, engraved the plate based on her design.
