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Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie
JimB,
I recently bought a Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper woodcut from Sterling Auctions, and in trying to find out more about it, I read in Lipset's encyclopedia about how the Leslie woodcut uses some of the same J Wood images as the n167. At the time of the encyclopedia, 11 n167 were checklisted, w/o Ewing. But, it was speculated that Ewing, James Mutrie and Thomas Deasley might be included in the n167 series as well. Although very unlikely, I was wondering if it is still thought possible for a Mutrie or Deasley to exist?
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Great pickup on the woodcut. I missed that one. If you ever have a desire to sell it. Please let me know.
To answer your question, I think it is possible that a Mutrie and/or Deasley could turn up one day, but I doubt it. Nobody has ever seen or cataloged them. In contrast, the Dorgan and Esterbrook were cataloged decades ago. They just had not been seen in decades and nobody could remember having seen them, thus it was presumed it possibly had been the case that they were mistakenly cataloged. Because they were at one time cataloged (correctly, we now know), but Mutrie and Deasley never have been and presumably have never been seen, I think it is unlikely they will turn up now. Anything is possible, but I think it is highly unlikely.
JimB