Bookplate for Phillips Exeter Academy
post-1924 / Creator Unknown
Collection: The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
A heraldic-style institutional bookplate in black ink on ivory paper with a line border, featuring the coat-of-arms of Phillips Exeter Academy, which bears a lion rampant and is topped with a seated lion, and surrounded by elaborate mantling. The academy's name is above, and below is additional text which reads “Presented to [blank space] as an award for superior interest and effort in English. From the Tencher Book Fund in memory of William K. Tencher of the class of 1924.”
~ “Bookplate for Phillips Exeter Academy,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed November 22, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1677.
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Title
Bookplate for Phillips Exeter Academy
Subject
Bookplates
Description
A heraldic-style institutional bookplate in black ink on ivory paper with a line border, featuring the coat-of-arms of Phillips Exeter Academy, which bears a lion rampant and is topped with a seated lion, and surrounded by elaborate mantling. The academy's name is above, and below is additional text which reads “Presented to [blank space] as an award for superior interest and effort in English. From the Tencher Book Fund in memory of William K. Tencher of the class of 1924.”
Source
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Publisher
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Date
post-1924
Contributor
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
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Format
Jpg derived from Tif
Language
eng
Type
StillImage
Identifier
PPL-MS: 1925.1.193
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Paper
Physical Dimensions
4 and ¾”H x 4”W