Still Image

Bookplate for Kenneth Roberts

Date Unknown / Creator Unknown

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A pictorial-style bookplate in black ink on ivory paper with a line border. The central image is of a seascape, with an oak tree in the foreground, a sailing ship on the sea, and a mountain in the background. Beneath this is a pile of objects, including books, a globe, a hunting rifle with powder horn, snowshoes, aa quiver of arrows, and two tankards. At bottom is the name Kenneth Roberts. Handwritten across the front in ink is the text "For the Portsmouth Library with the best wishes of Kenneth Roberts.

~ “Bookplate for Kenneth Roberts,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed November 24, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1637.

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Title

Bookplate for Kenneth Roberts

Subject

Bookplates

Description

A pictorial-style bookplate in black ink on ivory paper with a line border. The central image is of a seascape, with an oak tree in the foreground, a sailing ship on the sea, and a mountain in the background. Beneath this is a pile of objects, including books, a globe, a hunting rifle with powder horn, snowshoes, aa quiver of arrows, and two tankards. At bottom is the name Kenneth Roberts. Handwritten across the front in ink is the text "For the Portsmouth Library with the best wishes of Kenneth Roberts.

Source

The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection

Publisher

Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Dept.

Contributor

Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)

Format

Jpg derived from Tif

Language

eng

Type

StillImage

Identifier

PPL-MS: 1925.1.233

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Paper

Physical Dimensions

4 and ¼”H x 3”W