Still Image

Bookplate for Louise E. Winterburn

1926 / Clarence Crossley

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A heraldic-style bookplate in black ink on ivory paper featuring a coat of arms on a simplified shield, which bears three hound's heads and three crosslet crosses. The shield is topped with a wreath bearing a rampant hound facing left and holding a dagger. A banner beneath reads "Amicis semper fidelis," which translates from Latin to "always faithful friend." Above is the text "Ex libris" and beneath is the name Louise E. Winterburn.

~ Clarence Crossley, “Bookplate for Louise E. Winterburn,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed December 26, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1594.

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Dublin Core

Title

Bookplate for Louise E. Winterburn

Subject

Bookplates

Description

A heraldic-style bookplate in black ink on ivory paper featuring a coat of arms on a simplified shield, which bears three hound's heads and three crosslet crosses. The shield is topped with a wreath bearing a rampant hound facing left and holding a dagger. A banner beneath reads "Amicis semper fidelis," which translates from Latin to "always faithful friend." Above is the text "Ex libris" and beneath is the name Louise E. Winterburn.

Creator

Clarence Crossley

Source

The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection

Publisher

Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections

Date

1926

Contributor

Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)

Format

Jpg derived from Tif

Language

eng
lat

Type

StillImage

Identifier

PPL-MS: 1925.1.275

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Paper

Physical Dimensions

3 and ¾”H x 2 and ¾”W