Bookplate for Queens Borough Public Library
1940 / Franklin Booth
Collection: The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
A pictorial-style institutional bookplate with a lined border featuring an image of a woman in a medieval dress holding a lit oil lamp and several books. Above is the library's name in elaborate script, and beneath is the text "The Gift of" with space to record information. At the bottom is the signature of Franklin Booth.
~ Franklin Booth, “Bookplate for Queens Borough Public Library,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed December 24, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1642.
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Title
Bookplate for Queens Borough Public Library
Subject
Bookplates
Description
A pictorial-style institutional bookplate with a lined border featuring an image of a woman in a medieval dress holding a lit oil lamp and several books. Above is the library's name in elaborate script, and beneath is the text "The Gift of" with space to record information. At the bottom is the signature of Franklin Booth.
Creator
Franklin Booth
Source
The Helen Pearson Bookplate
Publisher
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Dept.
Date
1940
Contributor
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
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Format
Jpg derived from Tif
Language
eng
Type
StillImage
Identifier
PPL-MS: 1925.1.228
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Paper
Physical Dimensions
4 and ¾”H x 3 and 1/8”W