A pictorial-style institutional bookplate in brown ink on ivory paper with a double line border. In the center is an oval photograph of a mustached man in a suit. Text at the top of the image reads "Rye Public Library, Rye, N.H." with space to record "No.". Surrounding the photograph are banners reading "From the Income of" and "For New Books only." Beneath is the text "The James McEwan Drake Fund" and space to record "Class" and "Book."