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CA-339 Book Plate for Frederick & Patty Gurd Wilson
Ex-Libris Frederick Wilson, Patty Gurd
Title in Caroline Armington’s etching record book: Book Plate for Frederick & Patty Gurd Wilson
Year: 1924 or 1925?
Number: 339
Size:
States: 1
Title on Print: Ex-Libris Frederick, Wilson Patty Gurd
Initials or Signature and Date in Plate: Armington t.l.
Planned Edition: not mentioned.
Total Number of Impressions: unknown.
Number in Pencil: not numbered
Signature in Pencil: Caroline Armington
Dedication:
Caroline Armington’s etching record book contains the following notes for this print:
1 for Frank
Price in Caroline Armington’s etching record book: none.
Plate:
Collections:
Le Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal
Exhibitions:
Publications:
Comments:
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Dr. Patty Gurd Wilson (née Gurd) was born to Adeline Emma Gurd in Mooretown, Ontario, on May 13, 1881.
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She was a brilliant academic who earned her Ph.D., wrote scholarly texts on literature (The Early Poetry of W. B. Yeats (Lancaster, USA, 1916) and taught French at the university level.
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She graduated from the Michigan University in 1904.
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Patty Gurd, was Instructor in French at the Smith College in 1917.
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She was a student of the École pratique des hautes études, Section des sciences historiques et philologiques for the year 1924—1925.
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She passed away in Rome in October 29, 1968.
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Frederick Willson was the husband of Dr. Patty Gurd and the son-in-law of Adeline Emma Gurd.
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Frederick was an American-educated professional from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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He met and married Patty Gurd around the early 1910s while she was pursuing her advanced academic career