Still Image

Bookplate

Date Unknown / Creator Unknown

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A pictorial-style bookplate in black ink on ivory paper with a central image of a castle with clouds. In the foreground is an oil lamp which is above an open book with illuminated text on the pages. Above is a banner reading "Ex libris," and there are thick crosshatched borders on either side. Beneath the book is a banner with space to write the owner's name, surrounded by abstract illustrations.

~ “Bookplate,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed March 29, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1550.

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Dublin Core

Title

Bookplate

Subject

Bookplates
Architecture in art

Description

A pictorial-style bookplate in black ink on ivory paper with a central image of a castle with clouds. In the foreground is an oil lamp which is above an open book with illuminated text on the pages. Above is a banner reading "Ex libris," and there are thick crosshatched borders on either side. Beneath the book is a banner with space to write the owner's name, surrounded by abstract illustrations.

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: 1925.1.319

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Paper

Physical Dimensions

4 and 1/8"H x 2 and 1/2"W