Still Image

Bookplate for Chas A. Wilkins

Date Unknown / Creator Unknown

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A pictorial-style bookplate in black and grey ink on ivory paper with a border of pillars and stone plinths. Through the pillars, there is a view of a scene in lighter grey of two men in robes standing in front of a Greek or Roman temple. Above is the text "Ex libris Chas A. Wilkins," and below is additional text reading "They do not die, who leave their thoughts, imprinted on some deathless page. Though they pass on, the works they wrought, live on from age to age."

~ “Bookplate for Chas A. Wilkins,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed March 28, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1597.

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Title

Bookplate for Chas A. Wilkins

Subject

Bookplates

Description

A pictorial-style bookplate in black and grey ink on ivory paper with a border of pillars and stone plinths. Through the pillars, there is a view of a scene in lighter grey of two men in robes standing in front of a Greek or Roman temple. Above is the text "Ex libris Chas A. Wilkins," and below is additional text reading "They do not die, who leave their thoughts, imprinted on some deathless page. Though they pass on, the works they wrought, live on from age to age."

Source

The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection

Publisher

Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections

Contributor

Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)

Format

Jpg derived from Tif

Language

eng

Type

StillImage

Identifier

PPL-MS: 1925.1.272

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Paper

Physical Dimensions

5 and ¼”H x 3 and ¼”W