Bookplate for School for the Blind, Special Library
Date Unknown / Signed Reaves.
Collection: The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
A pictorial-style institutional bookplate in black ink on ivory paper, with a central image of the school building and gardens as seen through an arched window in a stone wall with a torch on either side. At the top is the text "School for the Blind, Overbrook, Pa", and beneath the window is a text box that reads "Special Library." Below that are three boxes that read "No.," "Added by," and "In the Year" with spaces to record information.
~ Signed Reaves., “Bookplate for School for the Blind, Special Library,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed December 24, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1691.
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Title
Bookplate for School for the Blind, Special Library
Subject
Bookplates
Architecture in art
Description
A pictorial-style institutional bookplate in black ink on ivory paper, with a central image of the school building and gardens as seen through an arched window in a stone wall with a torch on either side. At the top is the text "School for the Blind, Overbrook, Pa", and beneath the window is a text box that reads "Special Library." Below that are three boxes that read "No.," "Added by," and "In the Year" with spaces to record information.
Creator
Signed Reaves.
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: 1925.1.179
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Paper
Physical Dimensions
5”H x 3 and ½”W