Still Image

Bookplate for Phillips Exeter Academy

post-1924 / Creator Unknown

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A heraldic-style institutional bookplate in black ink on ivory paper with a line border, featuring the coat-of-arms of Phillips Exeter Academy, which bears a lion rampant and is topped with a seated lion, and surrounded by elaborate mantling. The academy's name is above, and below is additional text which reads “Presented to [blank space] as an award for superior interest and effort in English. From the Tencher Book Fund in memory of William K. Tencher of the class of 1924.”

~ “Bookplate for Phillips Exeter Academy,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed April 28, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1677.

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Title

Bookplate for Phillips Exeter Academy

Subject

Bookplates

Description

A heraldic-style institutional bookplate in black ink on ivory paper with a line border, featuring the coat-of-arms of Phillips Exeter Academy, which bears a lion rampant and is topped with a seated lion, and surrounded by elaborate mantling. The academy's name is above, and below is additional text which reads “Presented to [blank space] as an award for superior interest and effort in English. From the Tencher Book Fund in memory of William K. Tencher of the class of 1924.”

Source

The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection

Publisher

Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections

Date

post-1924

Contributor

Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)

Format

Jpg derived from Tif

Language

eng

Type

StillImage

Identifier

PPL-MS: 1925.1.193

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Paper

Physical Dimensions

4 and ¾”H x 4”W