Bookplate for Helen Louise Taylor
Date Unknown / Unknown
Collection: The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
A pictorial-style bookplate in brown ink on ivory paper with an ornate frame. The two sides of the frame are mirrored, and feature, from the bottom a statue of Hermes an open book, an inkpot with a pen, and a globe. The books and inkpots have vine motifs around them, and each globe shows a different side of the Earth. Within this frame is a drawing of a small cabin with a willow tree growing over it. In the foreground is a cat, with a path leading from the cat to the cabin. Below is the text "Ex libris Helen Louise Taylor."
~ Unknown, “Bookplate for Helen Louise Taylor,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed December 7, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1621.
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Title
Bookplate for Helen Louise Taylor
Subject
Bookplates
Architecture in art
Animals in art
Description
A pictorial-style bookplate in brown ink on ivory paper with an ornate frame. The two sides of the frame are mirrored, and feature, from the bottom a statue of Hermes an open book, an inkpot with a pen, and a globe. The books and inkpots have vine motifs around them, and each globe shows a different side of the Earth. Within this frame is a drawing of a small cabin with a willow tree growing over it. In the foreground is a cat, with a path leading from the cat to the cabin. Below is the text "Ex libris Helen Louise Taylor."
Creator
Unknown
Source
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Publisher
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Dept.
Contributor
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)\
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Format
Jpg derived from Tif
Language
eng
Type
StillImage
Identifier
PPL-MS: 1925.1.249
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Paper
Physical Dimensions
4 and ½”H x 3”W