Still Image

Bookplate for Dartmouth College Library

1940 / F.C. Blank

1_49_DartCollLibAppleton.jpg

A heraldic-style institutional bookplate in black ink on ivory paper with Jesse Appleton Fund in a banner above a coat-of-arms featuring a design made from tools such as a protractor, calipers, a compass, and chisels. The shield and banner are surrounded by flourishes, and there is a shelf with books beneath, all surrounded by a border with a triangle pattern. Beneath is the College's name. The whole is made to appear as if it is engraved in stone.

~ F.C. Blank, “Bookplate for Dartmouth College Library,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed April 28, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1823.

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Title

Bookplate for Dartmouth College Library

Subject

Bookplate

Description

A heraldic-style institutional bookplate in black ink on ivory paper with Jesse Appleton Fund in a banner above a coat-of-arms featuring a design made from tools such as a protractor, calipers, a compass, and chisels. The shield and banner are surrounded by flourishes, and there is a shelf with books beneath, all surrounded by a border with a triangle pattern. Beneath is the College's name. The whole is made to appear as if it is engraved in stone.

Creator

F.C. Blank

Source

the Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection

Publisher

Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections

Date

1940

Contributor

Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)

Format

Jpg derived from Tif

Language

eng

Type

StillImage

Identifier

PPL-MS: 1925.1.049

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Paper

Physical Dimensions

4”H x 2 and 7/8”W