Bookplate for S.B. Copeland
Date Unknown / Creator Unknown
Collection: The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
A pictorial-style bookplate in brown ink on ivory paper featuring a knight on horseback with two castles in the distance. The knight and horse are facing right, and carrying an Ex libris banner. The knight is in full plate mail with a plumed helmet and a shield bearing a lion rampant. Beneath this image is a text box in which "S.B. Copeland" is written, and beneath that is a bookshelf with an open book propped on several other books in front of it. The whole is framed with an intricate border that resembles a carved wooden picture frame. On the bottom left is the text "BP-13", upside down and in a lighter color.
~ “Bookplate for S.B. Copeland,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed December 24, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1830.
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Title
Bookplate for S.B. Copeland
Subject
Bookplates
Men in art
Description
A pictorial-style bookplate in brown ink on ivory paper featuring a knight on horseback with two castles in the distance. The knight and horse are facing right, and carrying an Ex libris banner. The knight is in full plate mail with a plumed helmet and a shield bearing a lion rampant. Beneath this image is a text box in which "S.B. Copeland" is written, and beneath that is a bookshelf with an open book propped on several other books in front of it. The whole is framed with an intricate border that resembles a carved wooden picture frame. On the bottom left is the text "BP-13", upside down and in a lighter color.
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: 1925.1.042
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Paper
Physical Dimensions
4”H x 3 and 1/8”W