Bookplate for Chas A. Wilkins
Date Unknown / Creator Unknown
Collection: The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
A pictorial-style bookplate in black and grey ink on ivory paper with a border of pillars and stone plinths. Through the pillars, there is a view of a scene in lighter grey of two men in robes standing in front of a Greek or Roman temple. Above is the text "Ex libris Chas A. Wilkins," and below is additional text reading "They do not die, who leave their thoughts, imprinted on some deathless page. Though they pass on, the works they wrought, live on from age to age."
~ “Bookplate for Chas A. Wilkins,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed November 22, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1597.
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Title
Bookplate for Chas A. Wilkins
Subject
Bookplates
Description
A pictorial-style bookplate in black and grey ink on ivory paper with a border of pillars and stone plinths. Through the pillars, there is a view of a scene in lighter grey of two men in robes standing in front of a Greek or Roman temple. Above is the text "Ex libris Chas A. Wilkins," and below is additional text reading "They do not die, who leave their thoughts, imprinted on some deathless page. Though they pass on, the works they wrought, live on from age to age."
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: 1925.1.272
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Paper
Physical Dimensions
5 and ¼”H x 3 and ¼”W