Still Image

Bookplate for Dartmouth College Library

Date Unknown / Creator Unknown

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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.

Full Item Record

Dublin Core

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)

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