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Title
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The Helen Pearson Drawings
Subject
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Portsmouth (N.H.)
Historic buildings
Description
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A series of drawings created between 1908-1913 by local artist and Portsmouth native, Helen Pearson (1870-1949).
In 1993, local historian and long-time editor of the Portsmouth Herald, Ray Brighton called Helen Pearson “…one of the best artists Portsmouth ever produced whose talent has been largely forgotten.” Born in Portsmouth on Nov. 13, 1870, Pearson was trained as a concert pianist and attended Boston’s Cowles Art School. She played piano with the Schenectady Symphony Orchestra in New York but was most recognized throughout the Seacoast for her pen and ink drawings in local publications. Her “Open Door” drawing especially, was used for many years in Portsmouth publicity pamphlets. This collection includes 14 original Helen Pearson drawings, 12 of which were created for her 1913 volume Vignettes of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, produced in collaboration with Harold Hotchkiss Bennett.
This collection was gifted to the Portsmouth Public Library by Helen Pearson as a bequest from her estate. Each item underwent evaluation and conservation in 1992 and are permanently housed in the Portsmouth Public Library Special Collections. The digital images are available here for research and public viewing.
Creator
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Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
Publisher
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Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Date
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1908-1913
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Jpg derived from Tif
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Original graphite drawings with pen and ink overlaid; some finished with black and white watercolors.
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Digitization and database creation by Jessica Ross and Lael Dalal, Fall 2017
Omeka additions and metadata by Jessica Ross, Fall 2017
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<span>These images are intended for research and reference use only. The Library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. </span>Please see our <a href="http://www.portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a>.
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eng
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--title::The Helen Pearson Drawings
--text::This collection of 14 original drawings, which shows buildings and scenes of Portsmouth and the Seacoast area, was a bequest of the Helen Pearson estate in 1949.
--images::1897,1886
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Drawing/Painting
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45.5 x 55.5 cm
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Title
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The Thomas Bailey Aldrich House
Subject
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Portsmouth (N.H.)
Historic buildings
Description
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Original graphite drawing overlaid in pen and ink with watercolor. The house is located on the south side of Court Street between Washington and Atkinson Streets, Portsmouth, NH.
Creator
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Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
Source
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The Helen Pearson Drawings
Publisher
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Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Date
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1908
Format
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Type
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Identifier
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PPL-AA1989.66
Language
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eng
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20th century
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drawing
historic building
New Hampshire
Pearson
Portsmouth
watercolor
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The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Creator
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Helen Pearson was the original collector of these bookplates.
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Collected and arranged by Helen Pearson & Dorothy Vaughan, beginning 1925.
Digitization and database creation, Jessica Ross, Spring/Summer 2017.
Omeka additions and metadata, R. Nielsen, 2023.
Publisher
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Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Identifier
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PPL-MS 1925.1
Subject
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Historic bookplates
Description
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A collection of 336+ historic bookplates and corresponding material from local artist and musician Helen Pearson. These bookplates were accumulated from her travels, acquaintances, other collectors and membership into several national and international bookplate societies. The collection was initially created and organized by Pearson. It arrived at Portsmouth Public Library as a bequest upon her passing on August 19, 1949. The collection was added to and at least partially mounted by then Library Director, Dorothy Vaughan.
One of the highlights of this collection is Pearson's own bookplate, sketched by her in 1927 and inspired by a comet she saw in Portsmouth. Born Nov. 13, 1870, Pearson was a Portsmouth native and raised in an artistic family. Her father, Amos Pearson, was a florist and music teacher originally from Ipswich, MA. Pearson's mother, Susan, also from Portsmouth, was both an artist and musician as well. The Pearson family boarded local artists, including Susan's sister, Mary E.B. Miller. Miller, who earned her living as a portrait painter, lived with the family for much of Pearson’s childhood. Other tenants in the Pearson home included illustrator Max Parrish and Ulysses Tenney, best known for his portraits of New Hampshire statesman, notably Franklin Pierce. Pearson was an accomplished concert pianist and attended Cowles Art School in Boston and was known for her pen and ink drawings in local publications. She spent time in both Boston and New York but preferred to live in Portsmouth where she continued her father's nursery and served as a patron of the arts.
Bookplates have existed since the fifteenth century and serve today as both historical records of ownership as well as biographical, societal, institutional, artistic and/or cultural statements. Various letters that accompany this bookplate collection acknowledge Pearson's interest in the artistic quality of the bookplates and the individuality displayed in each. Her collection features bookplates from around the globe and range from simple, typographic inserts for institutions to elaborate personal bookplates for European royalty. They have been digitized here for greater accessibility.
Date
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The materials were first arranged first by Helen Pearson and then Library Director Dorothy Vaughan between the years of 1925 and 1949.
Nicole Luongo Cloutier, Reference & Special Collections Supervisor, added these items to the city inventory and assigned an accession number to them on April 25, 2011.
Jessica Ross, Special Collections Librarian, created the finding aid and inventory of materials and began digitally scanning the bookplates individually in January of 2017.
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Rights
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This collection was transferred to the Portsmouth Public Library from the estate of Helen Pearson upon her death in 1949 according to the terms of her will.
These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction.
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--title::The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection <br />--text::A collection of 336+ historic bookplates and corresponding material by local artist and musician, Helen Pearson, from her travels, acquaintances, other collectors and membership into several national and international bookplate societies.<br />--images::1814,1551
Still Image
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Original Format
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Paper
Physical Dimensions
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3 and ½”H x 2 and 7/8”W
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Title
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Bookplate for Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Subject
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Bookplates
Description
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A pictorial-style bookplate in black ink on white paper featuring a comedy mask. A black bird is perched above on a ribbon trailing from the mask. The central image is surrounded by a border in the style of a stone carving with spirals in the four corners. The name Thomas Bailey Aldrich is written across three sides of the border, and the bottom bears the phrase "His Mark."
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The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Publisher
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Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Format
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Jpg derived from Tif
Type
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Stillimage
Identifier
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PPL-MS: 1925.1.004
Contributor
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Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
Rights
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View our <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a>.
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eng
Aldrich
bookplate
ex libris
Pearson
pictorial