[Bookplate of Oliver Wendell Holmes] (LOC)

Spenceley, J. Winfred, 1865-1908,, engraver.

 

[Bookplate of Oliver Wendell Holmes]

 

[between ca. 1875 and 1894]

 

1 print : steel engraving ; bookplate 10 x 7.3 cm, on mount 22.9 x 15.2 cm.

 

Notes:

Title devised by Library staff.

Bust portrait of Oliver Wendell Holmes and biographical text on back of bookplate mount.

Accompanied by a manuscript letter from Oliver Wendell Holmes to Charles Deane, (Ruthven Deane's father), dated Feb. 18th, 1874. Letter cataloged separately (LC-DIG-ppmsca-15510).

Print shows a shellfish (Chambered Nautilus) above the Latin phrase "per ampliora ad altiora".

Forms part of the Ruthven Deane Bookplate Collection.

 

Subjects:

Holmes, Oliver Wendell,--1809-1894--Associated objects.

Shellfish--1870-1900.

 

Format: Bookplates--1870-1900.

Steel engravings--1870-1900.

Portrait prints--1870-1900.

Letters (Correspondence)--1870-1900.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.15508

 

Call Number: Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1935:144.2265 [item]

 

 

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