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CA-339 Book Plate for Frederick & Patty Gurd Wilson

Ex-Libris Frederick Wilson, Patty Gurd

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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:

  • Dr. Patty Gurd Wilson (née Gurd) was born to Adeline Emma Gurd in Mooretown, Ontario, on May 13, 1881.

  • 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.

  • She graduated from the Michigan University in 1904.

  • Patty Gurd, was Instructor in French at the Smith College in 1917.

  • She was a student of the École pratique des hautes études, Section des sciences historiques et philologiques for the year 1924—1925.

  • She passed away in Rome in October 29, 1968.

  • Frederick Willson was the husband of Dr. Patty Gurd and the son-in-law of Adeline Emma Gurd.

  • Frederick was an American-educated professional from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

  • He met and married Patty Gurd around the early 1910s while she was pursuing her advanced academic career

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