Bookplate for Dartmouth College Library
1940 / F.C. Blank
Collection: The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
A heraldic-style institutional bookplate in black ink on ivory paper with Jesse Appleton Fund in a banner above a coat-of-arms featuring a design made from tools such as a protractor, calipers, a compass, and chisels. The shield and banner are surrounded by flourishes, and there is a shelf with books beneath, all surrounded by a border with a triangle pattern. Beneath is the College's name. The whole is made to appear as if it is engraved in stone.
~ F.C. Blank, “Bookplate for Dartmouth College Library,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed December 24, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1823.
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Title
Bookplate for Dartmouth College Library
Subject
Bookplate
Description
A heraldic-style institutional bookplate in black ink on ivory paper with Jesse Appleton Fund in a banner above a coat-of-arms featuring a design made from tools such as a protractor, calipers, a compass, and chisels. The shield and banner are surrounded by flourishes, and there is a shelf with books beneath, all surrounded by a border with a triangle pattern. Beneath is the College's name. The whole is made to appear as if it is engraved in stone.
Creator
F.C. Blank
Source
the Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Publisher
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Date
1940
Contributor
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
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Format
Jpg derived from Tif
Language
eng
Type
StillImage
Identifier
PPL-MS: 1925.1.049
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Paper
Physical Dimensions
4”H x 2 and 7/8”W