Cosway bindings (fwd)

[chalmers@ac.dal.ca (Patricia L. Chalmers)]

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>>Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 09:58:09 EDT
>>From: LBJH@db1.cc.rochester.edu
>>To: Multiple recipients of list ARLIS-L <ARLIS-L@LSV.UKY.EDU>
>>Subject: Cosway bindings
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>>This question is being cross-posted to ARLIS-L and Museum-L,  Please
>>excuse the duplication.
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>>For a possible exhibition at the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of
>>Rochester, we would like to be in contact with libraries, rare books depts.
>>or museums owning collections of Cosway Bindings.  These bindings, named
>>after miniaturist Richard Cosway, were produced by the Henry Sotheran
>>publishing company in the 19th century, and generally included miniatures
>>inlaid into the binding.
>>
>>If you have any knowledge of institutions holding collections of Cosway
>>Bindings, please contact:
>>
>>Dan Knerr
>>Exhibits Registrar
>>Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester
>>500 University Ave.
>>Rochester, NY 14607
>>(716) 275-3081
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>>or reply via email to
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>>
>>Lu Harper
>>Director of Library Services
>>Memorial Art Gallery
>>lbjh@dbv.cc.rochester.edu
>>
>>Many thanks.
>>