Still Image

Bookplate for R. Clipston Sturgis

Date Unknown / Creator Unknown

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A pictorial-style bookplate in black ink on ivory paper featuring steps leading up to an open doorway. There are trees and shrubs to either side, and there appears to be foliage above the doorway as well. Beneath is the text "Ex libris R. Clipston Sturgis," and an illegible signature.

~ “Bookplate for R. Clipston Sturgis,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed March 29, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1623.

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Dublin Core

Title

Bookplate for R. Clipston Sturgis

Subject

Bookplates
Architecture in art

Description

A pictorial-style bookplate in black ink on ivory paper featuring steps leading up to an open doorway. There are trees and shrubs to either side, and there appears to be foliage above the doorway as well. Beneath is the text "Ex libris R. Clipston Sturgis," and an illegible signature.

Source

The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection

Publisher

Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Dept.

Contributor

Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)

Format

Jpeg derived from Tif

Language

eng

Type

StillImage

Identifier

PPL-MS: 1925.1.247

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Paper

Physical Dimensions

4 and ¼”H x 2 and ¾”W