Dorothy Carlton Smyth — artist
- Creator(s):
- Smyth, Dorothy Carlton
- Title:
- [Cover art for vellucent binding]
- Publication/Origin:
- [1904?]
- Description:
- Dorothy Carlton Smyth, one of the esteemed “Glasgow Girls,” taught design at the Glasgow School of Art along with Jessie M. King and Frances Macdonald. She was noted for her costume design and book decoration. Smyth also worked for Chivers’ bindery in Bath as a book designer and illuminator. She created this design for a vellucent binding for Tennyson’s Poetical Works. In this technique, the design is painted on the underside of transparent vellum. Smyth was appointed the first female director of the Glasgow School of Art in 1933, but died before taking up the post.
- Citation:
- Smyth, Dorothy Carlton, [Cover art for vellucent binding], [1904?], Lisa Unger Baskin Collection, Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University. Accessed April 19, 2024, https://exhibits.library.duke.edu/exhibits/show/baskin/item/4327