Art, Symbol & Imagination
Crowned shields and lettered devices: Paper Marks
Crowned shields contain letters, flowers and geometric devices across Plate V. Variations in the shield outline and crown distinguish individual examples. Pott includes them in her collection of paper marks, where initials and visual similarities become evidence for her proposed connections between books and fraternities.
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Illustrator not identified. "Crowned shields and lettered devices: Paper Marks" [editorial title]. In Francis Bacon and His Secret Society, Constance Mary Pott. 1891, S. Low, Marston. Source scan leaf 381. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0028-0381
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Illustrator not identified. Crowned shields and lettered devices: Paper Marks. Francis Bacon and His Secret Society. Scan leaf 381. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0028-0381