A pastoral view of a lush riverbank covered in trees, shrubs, and flowers, and other greenery. A man sits on a rock near the shore and looks to the right out over the water. A house on the opposite bank can be seen in the distance on the right; gray c...
Description:
Title written below image. A quotation from Horace Walpole's letter 16 October 1769 to Madame du Deffand: I feel myself here like a swan, that, after living six weeks in a nasty pool upon a common, is got back into its own Thames. I do nothing but plu...
Composite image, set against a gray background pattern with images of leaves, flowers, and birds, including ten small rectangular views of English scenery, some drawn to overlap and partially obscure others. The scenes include: a view of a bridge and ...
Description:
Title written at bottom of image.
Subject (Topic):
Nature, Plants, Bodies of water, Cities & towns, and Dwellings
The ruins of an ancient temple. Surrounding the plate is written Etenim Omnes Artes Quae ad Humanitatem Pertinent Habent Quasi Commune Vinculum et Cognatione Quadam Inter se Continentur.
A coat of arms with three dark bird-like objects within. An armor-clad arm grasping a sword is above, and mantling, flowers, and leaves surrounds the crest. A nude cherub wearing a winged helmet and holding aloft a caduceus in his right hand stands am...
A coat of arms divided into two sections, with three bells within. Along the sides of the shield are flowers and grasses tied together. At the helm can be seen a garb. At the top of the plate is the motto Quid Utilius.
A large urn with a snake circling the top, and a pinecone at the top. Hanging from it is a large coat of arms. Around the urn is a tropical beach scene with palm trees and sailing vessels in the background.
A man, woman, and child with a ram beneath a tree with a snake coiled around it. The scene surrounded by a oval frame. There are torches flanking the image, which in part make up a rectangular border. The phrase Servat et Docet is above the oval frame...
Subject (Name):
Boston Medical Library and Yale University. School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Children, Heraldic bookplates, Medical libraries, Nature, Snakes, and Torches
A coat of arms divided by a large X, with the face of a leopard in the center. Above the crest is a boar, and two laurel branches surround much of the shield. Beneath is the motto Crom A Boo.
Subject (Name):
Bodkin, C. P.
Subject (Topic):
Animals, Armorial, Heraldic bookplates, Nature, Shield, Shields, and Surgeons
