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Design
for a bookplate for Rudyard Kipling Pen-and-ink and wash on paper, 45.4 x 36 cm, by John L. Kipling, 1909 Bateman's, East Sussex |
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Kipling's bookplate for his son features a richly detailed illustration of an ornamented elephant bearing a howdah with three traditionally dressed figures, evoking the colonial and cultural motifs central to Rudyard's literary identity |
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