Bookplate for Yzaura de Zousa
Date Unknown / Creator Unknown
Collection: The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
A pictorial-style bookplate in black ink on ivory paper with a line border, featuring a drawing of a woman and child in profile. The woman is wearing a patterned dress and has her hair covered with a simple bonnet. She is pursing her lips and holding the child's face in her hands, as if she is about to kiss them. The child is seated on an object draped with cloth, and is wearing a simple shift, with their hands on the woman's wrist. Inset is the text "Ex libris Yzaura de Sousa." There is an illegible signature beneath.
~ “Bookplate for Yzaura de Zousa,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed November 7, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1568.
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Title
Bookplate for Yzaura de Zousa
Subject
Bookplates
Women in art
Children in art
Description
A pictorial-style bookplate in black ink on ivory paper with a line border, featuring a drawing of a woman and child in profile. The woman is wearing a patterned dress and has her hair covered with a simple bonnet. She is pursing her lips and holding the child's face in her hands, as if she is about to kiss them. The child is seated on an object draped with cloth, and is wearing a simple shift, with their hands on the woman's wrist. Inset is the text "Ex libris Yzaura de Sousa." There is an illegible signature beneath.
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: 1925.1.301
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Paper
Physical Dimensions
3 and 3/4"H x 2"W.