Still Image

Bookplate for Herz Ilonka

Date Unknown / Dorogi Imre

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A pictorial-style bookplate in black ink on ivory paper featuring a line drawing of a female figure with an open book. She is holing one hand to her throat with her head tilted sideways, and a bird is perched on the book. Arching over the figure's head is a bluebell, and there is an angular border surrounding the drawing, with the text "Ex libris" at the top, and the name Herz Ilonka beneath.

~ Dorogi Imre , “Bookplate for Herz Ilonka,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed April 23, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1562.

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Dublin Core

Title

Bookplate for Herz Ilonka

Subject

Bookplates
Women in art

Description

A pictorial-style bookplate in black ink on ivory paper featuring a line drawing of a female figure with an open book. She is holing one hand to her throat with her head tilted sideways, and a bird is perched on the book. Arching over the figure's head is a bluebell, and there is an angular border surrounding the drawing, with the text "Ex libris" at the top, and the name Herz Ilonka beneath.

Creator

Dorogi Imre

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: 1925.1.307

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Paper

Physical Dimensions

4 and 1/2"H x 3 and 1/4"W.