Still Image

Bookplate for Queens Borough Public Library

1940 / Franklin Booth

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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 November 22, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1642.

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Dublin Core

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)

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