Bookplate for Dartmouth College Library
Date Unknown / Creator Unknown
Collection: The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
A pictorial-style institutional bookplate in black ink on ivory paper. The top portion features a drawing surrounded by a line border and the text "Dartmouth College.". The image is of a colonial figure seated on a stump facing an Indigenous American who is smoking a pipe and has two feathers in his headband. Behind the colonial man is a barrel and a pine tree, The lower portion is also surrounded by a line border and bears the text "This book is the gift of" with space for the donor's name.
~ “Bookplate for Dartmouth College Library,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed December 24, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1825.
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Title
Bookplate for Dartmouth College Library
Subject
Bookplates
Description
A pictorial-style institutional bookplate in black ink on ivory paper. The top portion features a drawing surrounded by a line border and the text "Dartmouth College.". The image is of a colonial figure seated on a stump facing an Indigenous American who is smoking a pipe and has two feathers in his headband. Behind the colonial man is a barrel and a pine tree, The lower portion is also surrounded by a line border and bears the text "This book is the gift of" with space for the donor's name.
Source
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Publisher
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Contributor
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
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Format
Jpg derived from Tif
Language
eng
Type
StillImage
Identifier
PPL-MS: 1925.1.047
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Paper
Physical Dimensions
3 and ¼”H x 2 and ¼”W