Edmund Dulac (1882 – 1953) was a French magazine illustrator, book illustrator and stamp designer. For full biographical notes on Dulac see part 1. For earlier works see parts 1 - 6 also.
This is part 7 of a 7-part post on the works of Edmund Dulac:
1935 Gods and Mortals in Love:
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| Front Cover |
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| Aphrodite and Adonis |
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| Circe and Ulysses |
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| Herakles and Deianeira |
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| Jason and Medea |
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| Orpheus and Eurydice |
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| Pan and Syrinx |
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| Perseus and Andromeda |
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| Pluto and Persephone |
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| Psyche and Cerberus |
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| Selene and Endymion |
1939 The Daughters of the Stars by Mary Crary:
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| 'Greeted as honoured guests' |
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| 'They might have been lovers' |
1944 The Nativity:
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| 15.8 cm diameter |
1951 The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche re-told by Walter Pater:
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| Front Cover |
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| Frontispiece and Title Page |
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| Frontispiece |
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| Title Page |
1954 Comus:
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| Front Cover |
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| Title Page |
Stamps and Banknotes:
Dulac
also designed postage stamps and banknotes. He designed the postage stamp
issued to commemorate the Coronation of King George VI that was issued on 13
May 1937.
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| 1937 Dulac's design for 1 ½ penny postage stamp for Coronation of King George VI |
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| 1937 Issued postage stamp for 1 ½ penny postage stamp for the Coronation of King George VI |
The head
of the King used on all the stamps of that reign was his design and he also
designed the 2s 6d and 5s values for the 'arms series' high value definitive.
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1937 Portrait by Edmund Dulac, typography by Eric Gill
2½ Penny stamp |
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1937 Portrait by Edmund Dulac, typography by Eric Gill
1 Penny stamp |
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| 1937? Hexagonal design George VI |
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1938 Bicolour version of Dulac's hexagonal design
One Shilling stamp |
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1938 Bicolour version of Dulac's No. 2 design
1½ Penny stamp |
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1939 High value "Arms Series"
2 Shillings and 6 Pence stamp |
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1939 High value "Arms Series"
Five Shillings stamp |
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1940 Dulac's "Dual Head" design
2½ Penny stamp |
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1940 The Cameo with Queen Victoria on the 2d Orange
2 Penny stamp |
In early
40s Dulac prepared the project of Polish 20 zlotych note for the Bank of Poland
(Bank Polski). This banknote (printed in England in 1942 but dated 1939) was
ordered by Polish Government in Exile and was never issued.
Dulac
designed stamps and banknotes for Free France during World War II. This is Marianne de Londres (aks Marianne de Dulac) issued as a set of
20.
The model was Lea Rixens, the wife of a friend of Dulac. The series is
called de Londres because the stamps were first printed in London, but
apparently not issued because of the war. Produced/issued 1942 to 1946.
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| 1942-46 100 Franc note |
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| 1942-46 500 Cents note |
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1942-46 issue stamps
50 Centimes, 2 Francs, 3 Francs, 20 Francs |
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1942-46 issue stamp
2½ Francs |
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1942-46 issue
4 Francs |
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1942-46 issue
10 Francs |
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1994 Commemorative issue
2 Francs, 80 Centimes |
Dulac contributed
designs for the sets of stamps issued to commemorate the 1848 Olympic Games and
for the Festival of Britain in 1951.
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1948 Olympic Games postage stamp
1 Shilling |
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1951 "Commerce and Prosperity" Festival of Britain
2½ pence postage stamp |
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1951 Signed Festival of Britain
2½ pence postage stamp |
Dulac
was one of the designers of the Wilding series stamps, which were the first definitive
stamps of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. He was responsible for the frame
around the image of the Queen on the 1s, 1s 3d and 1s 6d values although his
image of the Queen was rejected in favour of a photographic portrait by Dorothy
Wilding to which he carried out some modifications by hand. He also designed
the 1s 3d value stamp of the set issued to commemorate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, but he died just before it was
issued.
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| 1 Shilling 3 Pence stamp |
