Bookplate
Date Unknown / Creator Unknown
Collection: The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
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 July 10, 2025, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1550.
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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)
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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