Bookplate
Date Unknown / F. Bittner
Collection: The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
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 December 24, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1543.
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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)
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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