Bookplate
Date Unknown / Creator Unknown
Collection: The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
A copy of a preliminary pictorial-style bookplate design in gray ink on ivory paper with a line border. There is a drawing of a landscape, with a path leading through two stone fence posts towards the horizon. There are several trees in the background, and a single large cloud in the sky. At the start of the path is a space for a name sketched in pencil, with "name" written inside it. Handwritten in pencil on the back of the bookplate is the text "Copy of preliminary sketch... This design is for sale as it is for $20, including lettering of name."
~ “Bookplate,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed December 25, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1544.
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Title
Bookplate
Subject
Bookplates
Description
A copy of a preliminary pictorial-style bookplate design in gray ink on ivory paper with a line border. There is a drawing of a landscape, with a path leading through two stone fence posts towards the horizon. There are several trees in the background, and a single large cloud in the sky. At the start of the path is a space for a name sketched in pencil, with "name" written inside it. Handwritten in pencil on the back of the bookplate is the text "Copy of preliminary sketch... This design is for sale as it is for $20, including lettering of name."
Source
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Publisher
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Contributor
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
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Format
Jpg derived from Tif
Language
eng
Type
StillImage
Identifier
PPL-MS: 1925.1.325
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Paper
Physical Dimensions
4"H x 2 and 1/4"W