Title:
Henry Evans memorabilia, 1962-1971
Henry Evans memorabilia
Creator/Contributor:
Evans, Henry Herman, 1918-, creator
Creator/Contributor:
Carter, Frances Monet.
Date:
1962 (issued)
Contents:
Box 2743-photos, clippings, announcements, magazines: undated, 1962-1964; Box 2744-photos, clippings, announcements, magazines:
1965-1969; Box 2745-photos, clippings, announcements, magazines: 1969-1971; Box 2746: photo and drawings; Box 2747: drawings.
Subject:
n-us-ca
Botanical illustration
Linoleum block-printing
Drawing
Note:
Henry Evans was born in Superior, Wisconsin in 1918. He came to San Francisco and opened the Porpoise Bookshop in 1944. Evans
subsequently acquired an 1852 Washington hand press on which he printed books and pamphlets. In 1958 he began printing linoleum
block botanical prints on the same press, for which he gained worldwide renown. Evans passed away in 1990.
Henry Evans memorabilia.
Gift; Frances Monet Carter; San Francisco, CA.
Inventory available in library; folder level control.
Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.
Type:
biography
Physical Description:
print
3 manuscript boxes; 15 1/4 x 12 x 3 in.
1 manuscript box; 21 1/4 x 15 7/8 x 2 1/2 in.
1 manuscript box; 26 1/2 x 20 1/4 x 1 5/8 in.
Language:
English
Identifier:
MANUSCRIPT 2743-2747
Origin:
California
Copyright Note:
Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.