Bookplate for Wiechel
Date Unknown / Creator Unknown
Collection: The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
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 April 24, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1600.
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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)
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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