Ex-Libris Louis Jonathan Bailey
1940 / U.S. Werhuer, Edmund, Jamaica, NY
Collection: The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Pictorial-style, personal bookplate featuring a portrait of Thomas Hardy at center and flanked with two stalks of wheat. Handwritten provenance on back reads, “U.S. Werhuer, Edmund; 1940; Jamaica, NY; Louis J. Bailey plate. For Hardy books. Portrait of Thomas hardy from photo of Wm. Strang’s etching. Autograph from one of Mr. Bailey’s books.”
~ U.S. Werhuer, Edmund, Jamaica, NY, “Ex-Libris Louis Jonathan Bailey,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed January 26, 2021, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1862.
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Title
Ex-Libris Louis Jonathan Bailey
Subject
Louis Jonathan Bailey
Description
Pictorial-style, personal bookplate featuring a portrait of Thomas Hardy at center and flanked with two stalks of wheat. Handwritten provenance on back reads, “U.S. Werhuer, Edmund; 1940; Jamaica, NY; Louis J. Bailey plate. For Hardy books. Portrait of Thomas hardy from photo of Wm. Strang’s etching. Autograph from one of Mr. Bailey’s books.”
Creator
U.S. Werhuer, Edmund, Jamaica, NY
Source
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Publisher
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Date
1940
Format
Jpg derived from Tif
Type
Pictorial
Identifier
PPL-MS 1925.1
Album 1; 1 11 Bailey 2
Album 1; 1 11 Bailey 2
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Paper
Physical Dimensions
4 and ½”H x 3”W