Bookplate for New Hampshire Historical Society
Date Unknown / Creator Unknown
Collection: The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
A pictorial-style institutional bookplate in black ink on ivory paper with an on oval frame. Within the frame is the library's name and the date MDCCCXXIII, which converts to 1823. The image inside the frame is of an open book with an A on one page and Ω on the other. Above the book is a sun, and beneath is a skull embedded in foliage.
~ “Bookplate for New Hampshire Historical Society,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed December 23, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1713.
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Title
Bookplate for New Hampshire Historical Society
Subject
Bookplates
Description
A pictorial-style institutional bookplate in black ink on ivory paper with an on oval frame. Within the frame is the library's name and the date MDCCCXXIII, which converts to 1823. The image inside the frame is of an open book with an A on one page and Ω on the other. Above the book is a sun, and beneath is a skull embedded in foliage.
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: 1925.1.157
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Paper
Physical Dimensions
4”H x 2 and ½”W