Still Image

Bookplate for Violet Makelin

Date Unknown / W.G.W.

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A pictorial-style bookplate in black ink on ivory paper. There is a drawing of an open book over a harp, with banners reading "Musica doctrina" and "Amor et natura," which translate from Latin to "Musical teaching" and "Love and nature." A laurel wreath surrounds them, and the harp is on a pedestal which reads "Take thy right" above the name Violet Makelin in an elaborate blackletter script.

~ W.G.W., “Bookplate for Violet Makelin,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed March 29, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1723.

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Title

Bookplate for Violet Makelin

Subject

Bookplate

Description

A pictorial-style bookplate in black ink on ivory paper. There is a drawing of an open book over a harp, with banners reading "Musica doctrina" and "Amor et natura," which translate from Latin to "Musical teaching" and "Love and nature." A laurel wreath surrounds them, and the harp is on a pedestal which reads "Take thy right" above the name Violet Makelin in an elaborate blackletter script.

Creator

W.G.W.

Source

The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection

Publisher

Portsmouth Public Library

Contributor

Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)

Format

Jpg derived from Tif

Language

eng
lat

Type

StillImage

Identifier

PPL-MS: 1925.1.147

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Original Format

Paper

Physical Dimensions

3 and ½” H x 2 and ¾”W