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Budding Life – A Book of Drawings

Designer Jessie Marion King British, Scottish
Lithographer Gavin Watson British, Scottish
Publisher Gowans & Gray, Ltd. British
November 1907
Not on view

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Object Information
  • Title: Budding Life – A Book of Drawings
  • Designer: Jessie Marion King (British, New Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire, Scotland 1875–1949 Kirkcudbright)
  • Lithographer: Gavin Watson (British, active Scotland early 20th century)
  • Publisher: Gowans & Gray, Ltd. (London and Glasgow)
  • Date: November 1907
  • Medium: Illustrations: lithographs
  • Dimensions: 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (21.6 x 14 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1966
  • Object Number: 66.557.2
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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