Bookplate
Date Unknown / Creator Unknown
Collection: The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
A pictorial-style bookplate in brown ink on ivory paper with a border with leaf motifs and acorns in each corner. The central image is of a wooden sign with the text "This book is from the Hoard of" with space to write the owner's name. A smaller sign on the same post reads "Read Thoughtfully, Handle Carefully." A squirrel is sitting on the top sign, reading a tiny book. There is foliage in the foreground at the top of the image, and there are trees in the background.
~ “Bookplate,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed December 28, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1551.
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Title
Bookplate
Subject
Bookplates
Description
A pictorial-style bookplate in brown ink on ivory paper with a border with leaf motifs and acorns in each corner. The central image is of a wooden sign with the text "This book is from the Hoard of" with space to write the owner's name. A smaller sign on the same post reads "Read Thoughtfully, Handle Carefully." A squirrel is sitting on the top sign, reading a tiny book. There is foliage in the foreground at the top of the image, and there are trees in the background.
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: 1925.1.318
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Paper
Physical Dimensions
3 and 3/4"H x 3"W