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Figures. Illustrations.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Illustrations, diagrams, etc. that are printed along with the text of a book for the purpose of clarifying or illustrating the text of a book.

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Papers relating to the publication 'The zoology anthology: a jesty bestiary', 2014-2015

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.50802-MS.50803
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series documents Lady Mackay's professional career as an artist, writer and teacher, containing her art-related papers, her publishing papers, art administration papers, a collection of art-related ephemera, and a file on her teaching career in England and Scotland.

Dates: 2014-2015

Portfolio of loose artworks for 'The Zoology Anthology: A Jesty Bestiary' publication, March-May 2015

 File
Identifier: MS.50803
Scope and Contents This portfolio contains 143 pages of typescript limericks with accompanying hand-drawn illustrations, as featured in Lucinda Mackay's self-published book, The Zoology Anthology: a jesty bestiary, published in 2015, using her pen name Naomi de Plume. The first 17 pages of a printer's proof of the book are also included, alongside two letters of correspondence from Lucinda Mackay to book designer Mark Blackadder (Edinburgh) in which the artist discusses supplying further illustrations and...
Dates: March-May 2015