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ILLUMINATED TEXT. BY
PUTTICK

LAURA G.

Judging from signs all round us, it is very safe to
foretell that with the increasing demand for decorated
books artists will nurture the necessary courage
which will enable them to throw over traditions,
which, like the pure Celtic art, have become dead


ILLUMINATED TEXT

BY LAURA G. PUTTICK 1

for individual taste. Although one can see at a
glance how strong a hold ancient theories still
possess upon the minds of modern illuminators, at
the same time the impetus for original thought is
with us, and is to be seen in many of these examples.

and irrevivable, and evolve new and living tradi-
tions compatible with the spirit of the age they
live in. Tessa Rosenkrantz.


“to BLOSSOMS,” BY HERRICK. PAIR OF COVERS IN PURPLE LEVANT MOROCCO.
THE ILLUMINATION IS UNDER TRANSPARENT VELLUM AND INLAID INTO THE
LEATHER. DESIGNED AND EXECUTED BY SAML. POOLE (CEDRIC CHIVERS, LTD.)
58

Among recent acquisitions
of works by contemporary
artists for public collections
are the following: Mr. Wilson
Steer’s The Music-room and
Mr. G. A. Storey’s Portrait
of the Artist's Mother have
been presented to the
National Gallery of British
Art at Millbank by the
National Art Collections
Fund. The Southport Art
Committee have selected
The Lark, by George Henry,
A.R.A., and Grange-by-
Derwentwater, by R. Gwelo
Goodman, exhibited in their
annual spring exhibition, for
purchase for the permanent
collection.