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Bush, Tracey

Cygnea cantio : swan song.

1997

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Cygnea cantio : swan song, [England?] : T. Bush, 1997, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund.
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  • Title(s)

    Cygnea cantio : swan song.

  • Published/Created

    [England?] : T. Bush, 1997.

  • Physical Description

    1 folded sheet ([3] p.) : chiefly ill. ; 23 cm.

  • Holdings

    Rare Books and Manuscripts
    N7433.4 B87 C8 1997
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

  • Copyright Status

    © 2020 Tracey Bush

  • Full Alma Record

    https://search.library.yale.edu/catalog/9942506763408651

  • Classification

    Books

  • Notes

    Edition limited to 50 signed copies.
    BAC: British Art Center copy is no. [14].
    Cover title.
    Relief-rolled embossed Thames chart from Oxford to Richmond. Rubber-stamped with some 'swan-marks' of Thames swans. Blue paper cover.
    "The 'swan-marks' in 'Cygnea Cantio' are; the King's mark from the Cantley Roll (1603) and the Thames marks of the Archbishop of York and the Bishop of Ely'--Colophon.
    'The swan was created a royal bird prior to 1186. All swans kept on the Thames must be marked, otherwise they are considered to be the property of the crown'--Colophon.
    Of green leaf, bird, and flower: artists' books and the natural world, p. 211
    BAC: British Art Center has two of Bush's mock-ups for the present work, cataloged separately: N7433.4 B87 C8 1997a.

  • Subject Terms

    Artists' books -- Great Britain. |
    Hand stamps -- Specimens -- 1997. |
    Relief etching -- Specimens -- 1997. |
    Swans -- England. |
    Thames River (England) -- Maps. |
    Women in natural history.

  • Form/Genre

    Artists' books.

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"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

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