Bookplate for Camden Morrisby
Date Unknown / Creator Unknown
Collection: The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
A pictorial-style bookplate in black ink on ivory paper with a line border. There is a detailed woodcut of a figure in colonial garb who appears to be a judge bringing a book down on the head of a person who is stretching their hands out and reacting in pain. Above is the name Camden Morrisby and below is the text "His book" in a cursive script.
~ “Bookplate for Camden Morrisby,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed November 7, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1718.
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Title
Bookplate for Camden Morrisby
Subject
Bookplates
Description
A pictorial-style bookplate in black ink on ivory paper with a line border. There is a detailed woodcut of a figure in colonial garb who appears to be a judge bringing a book down on the head of a person who is stretching their hands out and reacting in pain. Above is the name Camden Morrisby and below is the text "His book" in a cursive script.
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: 1925.1.152
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Paper
Physical Dimensions
3 and ½”H x 3 and ¼”W