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G. Brender à Brandis fonds. Second accrual. -- 1964-1998. -- 53 cm of graphic material.

Series 1 Drawings and Sketches
Drawings and sketches series. -- 1964-1998. -- 168 items. -- Title based on content of series.

Box 7

F.1 Landscape drawings and sketches: Pencil; 1964-1992; 31 items.
F.2 Street scenes and building drawings and sketches: Pencil; 1971-1997; 37 items.
F.3 Figure studies, sketches and contour drawings: Pencil; [n.d.]-1965; 8 items.
F.4 Hand studies, sketches and contour drawings: Pencil and pen and ink; predominant pencil; [n.d.]-1977; 9 items.
F.5 Portrait sketches: Pencil, watercolour wash, charcoal; [n.d]; 9 items.
F.6 Designs, interiors and still life sketches and drawings: Pencil and pen and ink; predominant pencil; 1964-1978; 34 items.
F.7 Botanical sketches and drawings: Pencil; 1964-1993; 37 items.
F.8 Botanical drawings: Pencil crayon; 1981-1998; 3 items.

Series 2 Watercolour Paintings
Watercolour paintings series. -- 1964-1990. -- 27 items. -- Title based on content of series.

F.9 Botanicals, still life, landscapes; 1964-1990; 27 items.

Series 3 Engravings
Engravings series. -- 1969-1991. -- 96 items. -- Title based on content of series.

F.10 Wood engravings, untitled, 1 signed; [n.d.]; 7 items.
F.11 Wood engravings, titled, unnumbered, signed; [n.d.]-[197?]; 31 items.
“Apple Tree”.
“Bakeapple in Bog”.
“Bantams”.
“Betty Prior Rose”.
“Books”.
“Bouquet”: Woodcut.

“Cats”: Linocut.
“Curtain”.
“Empty Baskets”.
“Fence Row”.
“Geranium”.
“Herring Cove Beach”.

“Hyacinth”.
“Korean Mums”.
“Lily Pond”.
“Marsh”.
“Partridge Berry”.
“Pears”.
“Periwinkle”.
“Puffins”.
“Roof”.

“Shanty Shelf”.
“Smock Windmill”.
“Sparrows”.
“St. George’s, Lowville: Linocut; [197?].

“Studio Dresser”.
“Violets”.
“White Fringed Orchis”.
“White Pine”.
“Willow Leaves”.
“Woolwich Street”.

F.12 Artist’s proofs: Wood engravings, linocuts, woodcuts; predominant wood engravings; titled, signed; 1969-1991; 20 items.
“Bedside”; [n.d.].
“Bloodroot”; 1972.
“Cannon St. West”: Linocut; 1971.

“Chrysanthemums”: Deep rose and green ink; 1991.
“Chrysanthemums”: Orange and green ink; 1991.
“Chrysanthemums”: Violet and green ink; 1991.
“Chrysanthemums”: Scarlet lake and olive ink (2 copies); 1991.

“Cyclamen”; 1976.
“Echo Villa, Brantford”: Linocut; 1971.
“Engraver’s Sketchbook #1”; 1969.
“Epigaea repens”; [n.d.].
“First print from the Albion Press, 22/9/71”; 1971.

“Magdalene College, Cambridge. Basingwerke parchment - printed dry - sepia (Lawrence)”; [197?].
“Night Face. Wet print on Torinoko”: Woodcut; [n.d.].
“Parlour”; [n.d.].
“Pears on a Plate”; [n.d.].

“Pitcher Plant”: Linocut, enhanced with watercolour; 1971.
“Pitcher Plant”: Two-block linocut, coloured ink; 1971.
“The Shanty”; [n.d.].
F.13 Limited editions: Wood engravings, linocuts; predominant wood engravings; titled, signed; 1969-1991; 26 items.
“Anemone coronaria”: Enhanced with watercolour, 13/200; [n.d.].
“Behind the Cherry Tree”, 6/20, 9/20, 15/20; 1970.
“Boots”: Two-block linocut, coloured ink, 1/7; [n.d.].
“Bronte Creek at Cedar Springs”, 6/100; 1990.

“Canada Geese in Winter”, 13/100; 1991.
“Dead Seagull”, 9/20; 1971.
“Engraver’s Sketchbook #6, 5/25, 9/25,11/25, 15/25,18/25, 19/25,21/25, 22/25; 1973.
“Hibiscus”, 20/50; 1975.
“The Large Breakfast”: Two-block linocut, coloured ink, 4/12; 1971.

“Macaulay House, Picton, Ontario”, 4/100; 1986.
“Pollard Willow”, 2/20; 1971.
“Snowy Pasture”, 2/20; 1971.
“Stump and Sapling”, 23/25; 1973.
“Sunflowers #2”, 13/20; [n.d.].

“Sunlit Walls”, 39/40; 1974.
“Willow Bole”, 2/15, 13/15; 1969.

F.14 Prints involving music and/or type; 1972-1983; 12 items.

Ballad; 1972; “A Ballad Lyrics by R.D. MacKenzie Music & Engraving by G. Brender à Brandis...Published by the Brandstead Press, Carlisle, Ontario, Canada. 1972...Charles Ist - Printed Damp - Sepia (Lawrence)”.

Ballad; [n.d.]; “The Silent Sleep Words by Richard Doiron Music by G. Brender à Brandis The Brandstead Press Carlisle Ontario, Canada”.

Keepsake; 1983; “Keepsake to commemorate the visit of the Pittsburgh Bibliophiles to the Brandstead Press 7 May 1983”.

Poem; 1972; “Birdwing your way...Poem by R.D. MacKenzie Wood Engraving by G. Brender à Brandis Published by the Brandstead Press, Carlisle, Ontario, Canada. 1972...Eltham - Damp - Double-Ink (Roberts)”.

Poem; [n.d.]; “The Literate Thief...Bernadette Rule”.

Poem; 1972; “Some times of night...Poem by R.D. MacKenzie Typography by G. Brender à Brandis Publ’d by Brandstead Press Carlisle, Ontario, Canada”; limited edition; 25/30; signed by MacKenzie and GbàB.

Poem; [n.d.]; “Tree...Poem by R.D. MacKenzie Typography by G. Brender à Brandis Publ’d by Brandstead Press, Carlisle, Ontario, Canada”; limited edition; 5/30; signed by MacKenzie and GbàB.

Poem; [n.d.]; “Winter’s artist’s hand...Poem by R.D. MacKenzie Typography by G. Brender à Brandis Publ’d by Brandstead Press, Carlisle, Ontario, Canada”; limited edition; 5/30; signed by MacKenzie and GbàB.

Poster; [n.d.]; “The Campus Gallery, Presents...G. Brender à Brandis...University of Guelph...”.
Prayer; [n.d.]; “All through this day...Amen”.
Typography; [n.d.]; “Moon”.
Typography; [n.d.]; “O Rex Amoris”.

Gerard Brender à Brandis book donation (catalogued for Research Collections).
Brender à Brandis, Gerard. Houses Near Clappison’s: A Suite of Four Lino-cuts by G. Brender à Brandis. No. 27 of an edition of 60 copies printed on handmade Japanese paper. Carlisle, Ont.: Brandstead Press, 1971.

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