Bookplate for John Percy Coleman Alden
Date Unknown / Creator Unknown
Collection: The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
A pictorial-style bookplate in black ink on ivory paper featuring a scene of a three-masted sailing ship over an ocean with billowy clouds in the background. The scene is surrounded by a border that resembles an architectural pediment with columns along the sides and decorative ledges at the top and bottom. In a blank space along the bottom ledge is the name John Percy Coleman Alden.
~ “Bookplate for John Percy Coleman Alden,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed June 18, 2025, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1870.
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Title
Bookplate for John Percy Coleman Alden
Subject
Bookplates
Sailing ships in art
Description
A pictorial-style bookplate in black ink on ivory paper featuring a scene of a three-masted sailing ship over an ocean with billowy clouds in the background. The scene is surrounded by a border that resembles an architectural pediment with columns along the sides and decorative ledges at the top and bottom. In a blank space along the bottom ledge is the name John Percy Coleman Alden.
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: 1925.1.003
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Paper
Physical Dimensions
3 and ½”H x 2 and ¾”W