A scene in a fashionable library with ladies and gentlemen conversing with attendants at the counters on either side. On the left a woman looks in a book while her male companion converses with a clergyman, as the woman behind the counter consults a book. On the right, a man sits in a chair as a lady discusses her choices with the man behind the counter who reaches for a book below a sign 'Stamp'. Behind him is another sign "Just published [...]" An older woman with a walking stick approaches the counter on the right, followed by a Black servant and a dog. The windows are filled with books and prints. Through the open door a woman with an umbrella is silhouetted; to the left another sign "History Westminster and its monuments."
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker, publisher, and date of publication from the volume in which this plate was issued., Plate from: Poetical sketches of Scarborough / illustrated by twenty-one engravings ... made upon the spot by J. Green and etched by T. Rowlandson. London : Printed for R. Ackermann by J. Diggens, 1813., Aquatint probably added to this plate and others in the volume by J.C. Stadler and J. Bluck. See: Hardie, M. English coloured books., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark, partially trimmed: [J. Wha]tman [18]14.
Publisher:
R. Ackermann
Subject (Geographic):
Scarborough (England) and Great Britain,
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Interiors, Libraries, Books, Bookcases, Window displays, Light fixtures, Dogs, and Stores & shops
A drawing of three men in tunics with books with a series of buildings in the background. At the bottom is the quote "'The True University is a Collection of Books', Carlyle." Cowgill's name and address are applied with a rubber stamp. Cowgill was a faculty member in physiological chemistry at Yale School of Medicine.
Subject (Name):
Cowgill, George R. and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Biochemists, Books, Buildings, Libraries, Medical colleges, Nature, and Yale University
Boston Public Library Streeter, Edward Clark, 1874-1947 Thomas Prince Library
Collection Title:
Bookplate Collection
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
A drawing of a church on the left-hand side of the bookplate, and a portrait of Thomas Prince in the upper right-hand corner. A space below indicating "Shelf No." gives space to write a number.
A caduceus is at the center of the plate, with the letter "D" at the top and a closed book on both sides. Beneath, on a ribbon, is the phrase Ars et Scientia. Under the image is a space labeled "Gift of", and a line in which to write.
Subject (Name):
University of Pittsburgh, School of Dentistry Library
Subject (Topic):
Books, Caduceus, Dental schools, Libraries, Snakes, and University of Pittsburgh
At the center of the plate, beneath the title text, is the insignia of the University of Pennsylvania. Below are lines labeled "Class" and "Book", and lines in which to write.
Subject (Name):
University of Pittsburgh, School of Dentistry Library
Subject (Topic):
Dental schools, Libraries, Shield, and University of Pittsburgh
