TRIPLE TITLED PICTURES

The Triple-Titled Stevengraphs are basically normal silk pictures, in a normal frame, except they have three titles printed, typically in English, French and German.

A full list is given below, although first an article, given to me by the Stevengraph Collectors Association, which first introduced these unusual silks.

November 5th, 1971 - the day I came across my first triple-titled Stevengraph - "The Water Jump". It had titles in French and German, as well as in English. I did not own this particular silk, although I had been collecting for a little while, so I bought it, thinking there was nothing unusual about it. At that time I did not possess either Godden's book or Sprake's. After buying these books, I looked up "The Water Jump". In neither book did the mount pictured look like mine. I searched both books and found nary a reference to the triple-titled mounts.

July 9th, 1974 - the day on which I found my second triple-titled mount - "The Start". I found my ninth just two years ago. Eight of the nine have the same brown mount with no identification under the silk. On the reverse all eight have the same Stevens 29+38 label (see Godden p97). Mr Godden says this label was issued in 1893. The mount is identified as Type C3 (see Godden p64). He says it is found on labels listing 31 and 32 main titles, and dates from 1895 - 98. These statements do not quite gibe.

The ninth silk, "The Last Lap", has a mount that is a lighter brown and a 29+34 label. Mr Godden pictures this label on page 98 and cites the four deletions from the 29+38 label.

Since 1971 I have seen, or heard of, exactly one duplicate of the nine triple-titled mounts in my collection. This leads me to believe that these mounts were produced for a very short period of time - perhaps only once. Indeed, they may have been produced for foreign sales. I consider these mounts to be exceedingly rare.

Herewith my nine triple-titled mounts:-

Subsequent to the writing of this article, fourteen titles have been found, plus one with only two printed titles instead of the usual three:

				English title
Catalogue Number	Sprake Number	Godden Number		French title	German title
st650	STG169	1		ARE YOU READY?
				EN ROUTE!	DER ABLAUF VOM MOLE
st652	STG179a	3a		CALLED TO THE RESCUE
				LE CANOT DE SAUVETAGE	DIE RETTUNG NAHT
st654	STG190	26a		FOR LIFE OR DEATH
				L' INCENDIE	DIE RETTUNG NAHT
st656	STG166	28		FULL CRY
				LA CHASSE	JAGDGESCHREI
st658	STG168a	29a		GOD SPEED THE PLOUGH
				LE LABOUREUR	GOTT SEGNE DEN FLEISSIGEN LANDMANN
st662	STG167	12		THE DEATH
				LE TRIOMPHE	DER FUCHS IST TODT
st664	STG170	18		THE FINAL SPURT
				LE DERNIER COUP DE RAME	AM ZIEL
st666	STG160	19		THE FINISH
				L' ARRIVEE	AM ZIEL
st667	STG173	24		THE FIRST TOUCH
				JEU DE BALLE
st668	STG188	30a		THE GOOD OLD DAYS
				AUTREFOIS	SONST
st670	STG177	40a		THE LAST LAP
				LE DERNIER EFFORT	AM ZIEL
st674	STG165	43		THE MEET
				LE RENDEZ VOUS	SAMMELN
st678	STG196	51		THE PRESENT TIME
				AUJOURD 'HUI	JETZT
st682	STG157	61		THE START
				LE DEPART	VOM ZIEL
st686	STG158	67		THE WATER JUMP
				LE SAUT DU RUISSEAU	HINDERNISS RENNEN