Yale Center for British Art
Creator:
Bush, Tracey
Title:
Cygnea cantio : swan song.
Published / Created:
[England?] : T. Bush, 1997.
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ([3] p.) : chiefly ill. ; 23 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
N7433.4 B87 C8 1997
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Copyright Status:
© 2020 Tracey Bush
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:4250676
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Edition limited to 50 signed copies.

BAC: British Art Center copy is no. [14].

Cover title.

Relief-rolled embossed Thames chart from Oxford to Richmond. Rubber-stamped with some 'swan-marks' of Thames swans. Blue paper cover.

"The 'swan-marks' in 'Cygnea Cantio' are; the King's mark from the Cantley Roll (1603) and the Thames marks of the Archbishop of York and the Bishop of Ely'--Colophon.

'The swan was created a royal bird prior to 1186. All swans kept on the Thames must be marked, otherwise they are considered to be the property of the crown'--Colophon.

Of green leaf, bird, and flower: artists' books and the natural world, p. 211

BAC: British Art Center has two of Bush's mock-ups for the present work, cataloged separately: N7433.4 B87 C8 1997a.
Exhibition History:
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
Subject Terms:
Artists' books -- Great Britain. | Thames River (England) -- Maps. | Swans -- England. | Hand stamps -- Specimens -- 1997. | Relief etching -- Specimens -- 1997. | Women in natural history.
Form/Genre:
Artists' books.