Bookplate for Elizabeth Roe Dunning Library, School for the Blind
Date Unknown / Kay Merrill
Collection: The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
A pictorial-style institutional bookplate in black ink on ivory paper with an elaborate archway framing a drawing of a woman and child. The woman is holding a torch aloft and leading the child by the hand towards a building. At the top of the arch is the text "School for the Blind, Overbrook Pennsylvania," and at the bottom is the library's name. Above the arch are two mer-children flanking a medallion that reads "Lux ex tenebris," which translates to "Light from the darkness."
~ Kay Merrill, “Bookplate for Elizabeth Roe Dunning Library, School for the Blind,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed November 7, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1692.
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Title
Bookplate for Elizabeth Roe Dunning Library, School for the Blind
Subject
Bookplates
Women in art
Description
A pictorial-style institutional bookplate in black ink on ivory paper with an elaborate archway framing a drawing of a woman and child. The woman is holding a torch aloft and leading the child by the hand towards a building. At the top of the arch is the text "School for the Blind, Overbrook Pennsylvania," and at the bottom is the library's name. Above the arch are two mer-children flanking a medallion that reads "Lux ex tenebris," which translates to "Light from the darkness."
Creator
Kay Merrill
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: 1925.1.178
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Paper
Physical Dimensions
5 and ¼”H x 3 and ¼”W