Still Image

Bookplate for Wiechel

Date Unknown / Creator Unknown

3_82_Wiechel2.jpg

A pictorial-style bookplate in black ink on ivory paper featuring a sketch of a snail in the bottom left corner, with a larger spiral shape that may be the fiddlehead of a fern taking up the rest of the bookmark. The image is shaded with crosshatching, and the upper corners have shapes that may be a lowercase i and k. The name Wiechel is handwritten by the collector on the bookplate mount.

~ “Bookplate for Wiechel,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed November 24, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1600.

Full Item Record

Dublin Core

Title

Bookplate for Wiechel

Subject

Bookplates

Description

A pictorial-style bookplate in black ink on ivory paper featuring a sketch of a snail in the bottom left corner, with a larger spiral shape that may be the fiddlehead of a fern taking up the rest of the bookmark. The image is shaded with crosshatching, and the upper corners have shapes that may be a lowercase i and k. The name Wiechel is handwritten by the collector on the bookplate mount.

Source

The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection

Publisher

Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections

Contributor

Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)

Format

Jpg derived from Tif

Language

eng
fre

Type

StillImage

Identifier

PPL-MS: 1925.1.269

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Paper

Physical Dimensions

2 and ¾”H x 2 and ½”W