Bookplate for Kenneth Roberts
Date Unknown / Creator Unknown
Collection: The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
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)
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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