Still Image

Bookplate

Date Unknown / F. Bittner

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A pictorial-style bookplate in black and yellow ink on ivory paper. The central image is printed in black on a rectangle of yellow, and features a woman in a large, frilly dress with curled hair sitting under a coniferous tree and reading a book. In the background is a house with a chimney, and below her is the text "Ex libris."

~ F. Bittner, “Bookplate,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed November 22, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1543.

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Dublin Core

Title

Bookplate

Subject

Bookplates
Women in art

Description

A pictorial-style bookplate in black and yellow ink on ivory paper. The central image is printed in black on a rectangle of yellow, and features a woman in a large, frilly dress with curled hair sitting under a coniferous tree and reading a book. In the background is a house with a chimney, and below her is the text "Ex libris."

Creator

F. Bittner

Source

The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection

Publisher

Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections

Contributor

Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)

Format

Jpeg derived from Tif

Language

eng

Type

StillImage

Identifier

PPL-MS: 1925.1.326

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Paper

Physical Dimensions

4 and 3/4"H x 3 and 1/2"W