Item 09: Bookplates by American artists, 1893-1919

DL PX 184/Box 3/Folder 9

file

1893-1919

Graphic Materials, Prints

1294776

144 prints (1 folder) - various sizes.

Bookplates by American artists

p. 1a
Plate owner: [Not identified]
Plate name: Book plates, compliments of W.E.F.
Artist: W.E. Fisher (W.E.F.)
Description: Shows a pile of six books, the book at the left side is left open. “Book plates” is drawn in a banner, below the border is written “compliments of W.C.F”.
Date: [no date]
Size:1 plate, green

p. 1b
Plate owner: [Not identified]
Plate name: Book plates, compliments of W.C.F.
Artist: W.E. Fisher (W.E.F.)
Description: Shows a pile of six books, the book at the left side is left open. “Book plates” is drawn in a banner, below the border is written “compliments of W.C.F”.
Date: [no date]
Size:1 plate, green

p. 2
Plate owner: Baillie, W.E.
Plate name: Ex Libris W.E. Baillie
Artist: S.M.B.
Description: Shows six toddlers, playing naked in a study. In the foreground a group of four children play with the books, as though throwing them around.
Date: 1893
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 3
Plate owner: Blyce, Scudder ; Blyce Etheldreda.
Plate name: Ex libris, Scudder and Etheldreda Blyce
Artist: C. Valentine Kirby
Description: Shows a frigate drawn within a circular border. At the head is a cartouche, at the foot is a banner with the plate owner’s name.
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 4
Plate owner: Boole, Emily
Plate name: Sic Semper, Emily Boole
Artist: “M”.
Description: Shows a sword, drawn in an art-deco style.
Date: [no date]
Size:1 plate, black and white

p. 5
Plate owner: Thouey, Sallie W.
Plate name: Sallie, W. Thouey, ex libris
Artist: S.T. ?
Description: Shows a portrait of Shakespeare, appropriated from the portrait within the First Folio. At the head is the plate owners name, at the foot is ‘ex libris’.
Date: [no date]
Size:1 plate, black and white

p. 6
Plate owner: Brown, Alfred Jerome
Plate name: Ex libris, Alfred Jerome Brown
Artist: A.J.B.
Description: Drawn from left to right is paraphernalia of the plate owner, a microscope, a human skull, a pipe and tobacco and a rifle.
Date: 1906
Size:1 plate, black and white

p. 7
Plate owner: Buckler, Gwendoline
Plate name: Ex libris, Gwendoline Buckler,
Artist: A.J.B.
Description: Shows a 17th century era town, viewed from a window. On the window shelf are two books, lying flat, one left open.
Date: 1906
Size:1 plate, black and white

p. 8
Plate owner: Carew, Lucie B.
Plate name: Tout en bonne neure, ex libris, Lucie B. Carew.
Artist: T. Morning (Sc.)
Description: Shows, floating above a heavily ornate background, a banner with text at the upper part of the plate, and an open book in the lower.
Date: 1905
Size:1 plate, black and white

p. 9
Plate owner: Cass, De Lysle Ferree
Plate name: Ex libris De Lysle Ferree Cass
Artist: D.F.C (?)
Description: Shows Pan in the upper right, sitting atop a pile of books, playing the pipes.
Date: 1914
Size:1 plate, black and white

p. 10
Plate owner: Dorman, Aniceta Ruth
Plate name: Aniceta Ruth Dorman, her book
Artist: H.F.S.(?)
Description: Within a thick, floral border, the plate owner’s name is printed in cursive font, above a rose.
Date: 1915
Size:1 plate, black and white

p. 11
Plate owner: Egbert, Joseph C.,
Plate name: Ex libris, Dr. Joseph C. Egbert
Artist: Renouf
Description: Shows a house, among trees within an architectural, Romanesque frame.
Date: 1912
Size:1 plate, black and white

p. 11a
Plate owner: Egbert, Joseph C.,
Plate name: Ex libris, Dr. Joseph C. Egbert
Artist: Renouf
Description: Shows a house, among trees within an architectural, Romanesque frame.
Date: 1912
Size:1 plate, black and white

p. 12
Plate owner: Fearing, Daniel B.
Plate name: Daniel B. Fearing, Newport R.I.
Artist: Kirkosivich
Description: Shows three reeds, drawn in gestural lines.
Date: 1909
Size:1 plate, black and white

p. 13
Plate owner: Fowler, Anna St.Louise
Plate name: Anna St.Louise Fowler
Artist: F.B.S.
Description: Shows within a cartouce ‘AF’.
Date: 1910
Size:1 plate, sepia

p. 14
Plate owner: Fowler, Harry Alfred
Plate name: Harry Alfred Fowler
Artist: F.B.S.
Description: Shows a medieval castle, within a plain rectangular border. Below this is the plate owner’s name.
Date: [no date]
Size:1 plate, sepia

p. 15
Plate owner: Harvard College Library
Plate name: Veri-tas Christo et Ecclesiae, Harvard College Library.
Artist: “A.J.D. sc.” ; “P. de C. la r. des”
Description: Shows within a broad, raised border, heraldic symbols including a coat of arms, a crown and sword, this is set against a floral background.
Date: 1912
Size:1 plate, black and white

p. 16
Plate owner: Hewett, Nettie May
Plate name: Nettie May Hewitt.
Artist: Hewitt
Description: Shows the silhouette of a Faun playing a pipe under a tree. This is set into a large circular, floral border.
Date: 1917
Size:1 plate, sepia

p. 17
Plate owner: S.B.L.
Plate name: S.B.L.
Artist: A.A.R
Description: Shows a lake, with a sailing boat to the far right. A tree is shown in the left foreground at a shoreline.
Date: 1912
Size: 1 plate, green



p. 18
Plate owner: Long Island Historical Society
Plate name: From the Library of the Late Frank Sherman Benson, presented by Miss Mary Benson to the Long Island Historical Society.
Artist: Ames and Rollinson, N.Y.
Description: Shows two tablets, drawn to appear like ancient Greek coins, placed within an architectural border, with a peaked roof.
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 19
Plate owner: Lord, Arthur
Plate name: Ex Libris Lord Arthur
Artist: Edmund H. Garrett.
Description: Shows a doorway, with bookshelves on either side, leading to a garden path. At the head of the doorway is an ornamental shell.
Date: 1916
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 20
Plate owner: Marks, E. Jeannette
Plate name: E. Jeanette Marks
Artist: J.
Description: Shows an stone-like arch, revealing a pastoral scene, with a creek at the centre. At the head of the archway are appropriations of circa.
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 21
Plate owner: Marvin, Dwight Edwards
Plate name: Ex libris Dwight Edwards Marvin
Artist: Chambers
Description: Shows a stone-like arch, revealing a pastoral scene, with stone tower at the centre. At the lower part of the plate is a scroll with the plate owner’s name.
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 22
Plate owner: Middleton, Margaret Hope
Plate name: Margaret Hope Middleton
Artist: William P Barrett (W.P.B.)
Description: Shows a garden, with a fountain at the centre.
Date: 1912
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 23
Plate owner: Milligan, Blanche
Plate name: Blanche Milligan, R.M.
Artist: William P. Barrett (W.P.B.)
Description: Shows a garden, with a fountain at the centre.
Date: 1912
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 23
Plate owner: Milligan, Blanche
Plate name: Blanche Milligan, B.M.
Artist: William P. Barrett (W.P.B.)
Description: Shows within an ornate, floral border, two cherubs reading a book.
Date: 1912
Size: 1 plate, magenta

p. 24
Plate owner: Payne, Mary Land
Plate name: Mary Land Payne
Artist: “J” or “T” ?
Description: Shows a scene within a church-like building, with wide arches revealing a hilly landscape.
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 25
Plate owner: Radin, Herman Theodore
Plate name: Ex libris, Herman Theodore Radin
Artist: Timonthy Cole, (T.Cole delt)
Description: Shows a scene within a study.
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 26
Plate owner: Potter, Murray Anthony
Plate name: Murray Anthony Potter
Artist: William P. Barrett (W.P.B.)
Description: Shows a monastic scene, with two monks within an arched, vaulted roof, studying books at a raised hexagonal desk.
Date: 1911
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 27
Plate owner: Whitcomb Riley, James
Plate name: James Whitcomb Riley
Artist: T.B.
Description: Shows a boy in circa 18th century dress, wearing a tricorne hat, struggling with a stack of book while walking along a stoned path.
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 28
Plate owner: Sherwin, Henry A.
Plate name: Video audio taceo, Ex libris Henry A. Sherwin
Artist: [Garrett, Edmund H.]
Description: Shows a woman in a Romanesque dress, reading at a curved seat.
Date: [1897]
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 29
Plate owner: Smalley, Carl J.
Plate name: Carl J. Smalley.
Artist: W.R.
Description: Shows a black and white photographic reproduction of a naked woman draped with a cloth across her legs, reading a book.
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 30
Plate owner: Smith, William H.
Plate name: William H. Smith, Philadelphia
Artist: John Sartain
Description: Shows a group of four women, reclining.
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 31
Plate owner: Stone, Arthur Robinson
Plate name: Arthur Robinson Stone.
Artist: Geo M. White inr.sc.
Description: Shows a book, open to pages of notated music, “Messiah Oratorio vargo part second”.
Date: 1887
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 32
Plate owner: Suffolk Club
Plate name: Suffolk Club, South Haven, Long Island.
Artist: [D.B.H]
Description: Shows a motto incorporating the initials S.H. fishing rods, a net. At the foot are a bunch or recently caught fish
Date: [1916?]
Size: 1 plate, red

p. 33a
Plate owner: Tarkington, N.B.
Plate name: N.B. Tarkington.
Artist: A.H.
Description: The principal image is of an illuminated, red, letter “T”, incorporating a pan-like creature.
Signed at left 'AH.'
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 plate, black and white and red

p. 33b
Plate owner: Tarkington, N.B.
Plate name: N.B. Tarkington.
Artist: A.H.
Description: The principal image is of an illuminated, red, letter “T”, incorporating a pan-like creature.
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 plate, black and white and red

p. 34
Plate owner: Tuthill, Mary.
Plate name: Mary Tuthill.
Artist: “T”?
Description: The principal image shows two nymph-like figures emerging into an arched clearance within a wooded area.
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 35
Plate owner: Wilson, Catherine E.
Plate name: Ex libris, Catherine E. Wilson
Artist: M.C.L.
Description: Shows, within an oval border, four loosely stacked books, and a bow with arrows.
Date: 1908
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 36
Plate owner: [not identified]
Plate name: [not identified]
Artist: [not identified]
Description: Showa a portrait of Abraham Lincoln.
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 37
Plate owner: Baxter, Florence
Plate name: Florence Baxter
Artist: “T” or “M”
Description: Shows a group of bats emerging from a cave at night. A city, into the side of a cliff is drawn above the cave.
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 38
Plate owner: Bruns, Robert Martin
Plate name: Ex libris Robert Martin Bruns
Artist: [not identified]
Description: Shows the figure of a women in a tree, drawn in an Art Nouvea style.
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 39
Plate owner: Library of Congress
Plate name: Library of Congress, Toner Collection, United States of America
Artist: [not identified]
Description: Text in plain border.
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 40
Plate owner: Deats, H.E.
Plate name: Instauratio saeculi felicis, H.E. Deats
Artist: [not identified]
Description: “Female figure clad in classic costume, with a diadem on her brow, sitting on the clouds, and having at her side an oval shield, on which a very important peacock is depicted as using the globe for his perch" (Allen)
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 41
Plate owner: [Fowler, H. Alfred]
Plate name: Fowler Lincolniana
Artist: [not identified]
Description: Shows a portrait of Lincoln within, within a decorate border.
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 42
Plate owner: Diexel, Joseph W. ; Diexel, Josephine W.
Plate name: Joseph W. Diexel, Josephine W. Diexel
Artist: [not identified]
Description: Shows a heraldic dear emerging from a crown.
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 43
Plate owner: Drexel, Lucy Wharton
Plate name: Lucy Wharton Drexel her book, Pen Rhyn
Artist: [not identified]
Description: Bookplate designed to appear as a rustic tapestry.
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 44
Plate owner: Dorman, Aniceta Ruth
Plate name: Ex libris Aniceta Ruth
Artist: [S.H.]
Description: Shows an angel, with wings spread, holding a banner with the text “Harmonia omne artes mater”.
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 45
Plate owner: Deats, Hiram Edmund
Plate name: Ex libris Hiram Edmund Deats
Artist: [Garrett, Edmund Henry]
Description: “Hermes bows before women representing four continents; America stands, one hand upon a wheel, an electric light bulb; Europe sits, holding book and painter's palette; books scattered on ground …” Source: University of Illinois.
Date: [1895]
Size: 1 plate, sepia

p. 46
Plate owner: Deats, Hiram Edmund
Plate name: Ex libris Hiram Edmund Deats
Artist: [Garrett, Edmund Henry]
Description: “Hermes bows before women representing four continents; America stands, one hand upon a wheel, an electric light bulb; Europe sits, holding book and painter's palette; books scattered on ground ...” Source: University of Illinois.
Date: [1895]
Size: 1 plate, green

p. 47
Plate owner: Fowler, Harry Alfred
Plate name: Ex libris, Harry Alfred Fowler, “Eragny Press”
Artist: [not identified]
Description: Shows a woman in a field reading a book entitled “Eragny Press”
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 plate, black and white.

p. 48
Plate owner: Harvard College Library
Plate name: Harvard College Library, in memory of Henry Weston Farnsworth, class of 1912, a soldier of the foreign legion in France, 1915
Artist: [not identified]
Description: Text within a plain border
Date: 1915
Size: 1 plate, black and white.

p. 49
Plate owner: Howland, Florence Letchworth
Plate name: Ex libris Florence Letchworth Howland
Artist: [not identified]
Description: Shows a frigate in waves
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 plate, black and white.



p. 50
Plate owner: Kaine, Daniel
Plate name: Daniel Kaine labor ommi vincit
Artist: [not identified]
Description: text within a plain border
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 plate, green

p. 51
Plate owner: Towle Leavitt, Amos
Plate name: Amos Towle Leavitt Jr.
Artist: [not identified]
Description: Shows a pioneer, in animal hides, holding a gun and an umbrella, walking along a beach.
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 52
Plate owner: McCutcheon, George Barr
Plate name: Ex libris George Barr McCutcheon
Artist: [not identified]
Description: Shows a coat of arms set within a floral background. Above the arms is a book and a quill.
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 53
Plate owner: Madigan, P.F.
Plate name: Ex libris P.F. Madigan
Artist: [not identified]
Description: Shows a stack of books, with an oil lamp sat above them.
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 54
Plate owner: Massachusetts Historical Society
Plate name: From the fund bequeathed to the Massachusetts Historical Society by James Savage. Artist: [not identified]
Description: Shows the seal of the society at the head, above a portrait of James Savage, set above a plinth with books, garlands and the date of birth on either side.
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 55
Plate owner: [not identified].
Plate name: To the defenders of their Country! Presented by the New York Bible Society, 1865
Artist: [not identified]
Description: Shows an American flag, and text.
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 plate, red and blue

p. 56
Plate owner: Overton, Marion Frances
Plate name: Marion Frances Overton
Artist: [not identified]
Description: Shows a stack of books, below a banner with the plate owner’s name.
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 57
Plate owner: Prescott, Winward
Plate name: Ex libris Winward Prescott
Artist: [not identified]
Description: Shows a woman’s face, resting in her hands.
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 plate, sepia

p. 58
Plate owner: Redwood Library
Plate name: Redwood Library
Artist: [not identified]
Description: Text within a plain border.
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 59
Plate owner: Redwood Library
Plate name: Presented to the Redwood Library, Newport R.I. by ….
Artist: [not identified]
Description: Text within border.
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 60
Plate owner: Redwood Library
Plate name: Redwood Library
Artist: [not identified]
Description: Text within a plain border.
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 61
Plate owner: Redwood Library
Plate name: Rules for the management of the Redwood Library, Newport R.I.
Artist: [not identified]
Description: Principally text, shows a Romanesque building with a peaked roof. Decorative border.
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 62
Plate owner: Robinson, John
Plate name: John Robinson
Artist: [not identified]
Description: Shows within an architectural border, a book, floating above a garland which is in turn above the plate owner’s name. Has pencil annotation “Salem Maso”
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 63
Plate owner: Roe, A.S.
Plate name: A.S. Roe Library
Artist: [not identified]
Description: Shows two rows of books, on shelves held with string.
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 64
Plate owner: Smith, J.
Plate name: Jas Smith
Artist: [not identified]
Description: Shows a coat of arms and other heraldic symbols.
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 65
Plate owner: Tarkington.
Plate name: Ex libris Tarkington
Artist: [not identified]
Description: Shows a steeple house, on a hill, with trees to the right.
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 66
Plate owner: Thairlwall, F.J.
Plate name: Ex libris F.J. Thairlwall
Artist: [Not identified]
Description: Shows books, stacked vertically and horizontally to form a plinth.
Date: 1895
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 67
Plate owner: White, Esther G.
Plate name: Esther G. White
Artist: [Not identified]
Description: Shows an illustration of a female figure, on a stool reading a book, before a bookshelf.
Date: 1902
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 68
Plate owner: Wells Williams, Frederick
Plate name: ex Libris Frederick William Wells
Artist: [Not identified]
Description: Shows the entrance to a Japanese temple.
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 68
Plate owner: Wells Williams, Frederick
Plate name: ex Libris Frederick William Wells
Artist: [Not identified]
Description: Shows the entrance to a Japanese temple. Bordered by calligraphic text.
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 69
Plate owner: Achard, H.J.
Plate name: ex Libris H.J. Achard, medicinae doctor
Artist: [Not identified]
Description: Shows the a women holding a human skull, overlooked by a snake.
Date: 1905
Size: 1 print, sepia

p. 70
Plate owner: Liggett, Louis K.
Plate name: ex Libris Louis K. Liggett
Artist: Bird, E.B.
Description: Shows the plate owner’s name in a large cartouche, in the lower section of the plate. Date: [no date]
Size: 1 print, sepia

p. 71
Plate owner: Fearing, Daniel B.
Plate name: ex Libris watercraft plates Daniel B. Fearing, Newport R.I.
Artist: Bird, E.B.
Description: Shows the giant mermaid emerging from the water, beyond cliffs, holding a frigate.
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 print, green

p. 72
Plate owner: Fearing, Daniel B.
Plate name: The books of Henry Augustus Richmond,
Artist: Bird, E.B.
Description: Shows hilly cliffs before the seaside and a cloudy sky. A small cottage is drawn in the lower right.
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 print, sepia

p. 73
Plate owner: Truesdell, Winfred Porter
Plate name: Winfred Porter Truesdell, ex libris
Artist: Bird, E.B.
Description: Shows a cartouche, a portrait of a man (the plate owner?).
Date: 1904
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 74
Plate owner: Sawyer, Mary Esther
Plate name: Mary Esther Sawyer
Artist: Bird, E.B.
Description: Shows a cartouche, with a woman, holding two books in the lower section, sitting on a ledge before garlands.
Date: 1904
Size: 1 print, black and white
G.W. Eve

p. 75
Plate owner: Scott, Arthur Pickett
Plate name: Arthur Pickett Scott
Artist: G.W. Eve (G.W.E)
Description: Shows a coat of arms and heraldic symbols, including an eagle, in the upper foreground.
Date: 1914
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 76
Plate owner: Boughey, A.H.F.
Plate name: E. libris A.H.F. Boughey
Artist: G.W. Eve (G.W.E)
Description: Shows a coat of arms and heraldic symbols, including a dear, crowns and plate armour helmets.
Date: 1905
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 77
Plate owner: [illegible]
Plate name: Omes livre cheris! Arthue [illegible]
Artist: [E.R. Hughes]
Description: Shows a man, in a long coat, sitting on a chair, before a bookshelf, reading a book.
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 78
Plate owner: Davies, Ulrica
Plate name: Camerades de mon ame! Ulrica Davies
Artist: [E.R. Hughes]
Description: Shows a figure is a spotted jacket, reclining on a chair, reading a book.
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 79
Plate owner: Satterwhite, Florence C.
Plate name: Florence C. Satterwhite, “Martin Hall”, Great Neck, Long Island
Artist: A.N. Macdonald (A.N.M.)
Description: Shows the hall, within an ornate border.
Date: 1918
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 80
Plate owner: Powell, Emma Adee
Plate name: Ex libris Emma Adee Powell
Artist: A.N. Macdonald (A.N.M.)
Description: Shows a study, with a table and chair before an open fire.
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 81
Plate owner: Prescott, Winward
Plate name: Ex libris Winward Prescott
Artist: A.N. Macdonald (A.N.M.)
Description: Shows a skull and cross bones sitting on a closed book.
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 82
Plate owner: Phillips, J.L.
Plate name: Ex libris J.L. Phillips
Artist: A.N. Macdonald (A.M.)
Description: Shows a wooded area, with a heavily ornate border, with open books, vases and vines.
Date: 1915
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 83
Plate owner: Russell Perkins, Mary
Plate name: Mary Russell Perkins
Artist: A.N. Macdonald (Sc.)
Description: Shows a snow filled mountainous region.
Date: 1911
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 84
Plate owner: Ohio State University
Plate name: Nathaniel R. Coleman Medical Library, The Ohio State University
Artist: AN. Macdonald (Sc.) ; I.E. French (del)
Description: Shows a bookshelf with a human skull sitting on two books.
Date: 1911
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 85
Plate owner: Ohio State University
Plate name: The Siebert Library of German History, founded by William John and Louis Siebert, 1899
Artist: A.N. Macdonald (A.N.M. Sc) ; T.E. French (T.E.F del)
Description: Shows the castle “Die Wartburg” on a mountain.
Date: 1911
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 86
Plate owner: Ohio State University
Plate name: Library of the Ohio State University
Artist A.N. Macdonald (A.N.M. Sc) ; T.E. French (T.E.F del)
Description: Shows the Library within an ornate border. At the upper right is a University seal.
Date: 1915
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 87
Plate owner: New York Zoological Society
Plate name: Ex Libris, New York Zoological Society, founded 1895
Artist: A.N. Macdonald (Sc.)
Description: Shows text printed on a banner displayed within columns and an architectural border with a peaked roof.
Date: 1911
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 88
Plate owner: New York Zoological Society
Plate name: Ex Libris, New York Zoological Society, founded 1895
Artist: A.N. Macdonald (Sc.)
Description: Shows text printed on a banner displayed within columns and an architectural border with a peaked roof.
Date: 1911
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 89a
Plate owner: Macdonald, Catharine M.
Plate name: Ex Libris Catharine Macdonald
Artist: [not identified]
Description: Shows the plate owner’s name printed within a cartouche set within a heavily decorative background.
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 89b
Plate owner: Macdonald, Catharine M.
Plate name: Ex Libris Catharine Macdonald
Artist: [not identified]
Description: Shows the plate owner’s name printed within a cartouche set within a heavily decorative background.
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 90
Plate owner: Macdonald, Catharine M.
Plate name: Ex Libris Catharine Macdonald
Artist: [A.N. Macdonald]
Description: Shows on a shelf, a stack of books, an open book revealing illuminated letters, an artist’s palette, and a vase.
Date: 1916
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 91
Plate owner: Hovey, Sallie W.
Plate name: Sallie W. Hovey
Artist: A.N. Macdonald (Arthur N. Macdonald del et sculp).
Description: The principal illustration shows the Parthenon, viewed from the outskirts of an ancient Athens.
Date: 1916
Size: 1 print, green

p. 92
Plate owner: Harvard College Library
Plate name: Harvard College Library books on modern European history and the countries of Northern Africa from the bequest of Bayard Cutting of New York class of 1900.
Artist: .A.N. Macdonald (sc)
Description: Principally text within a raised border.
Date: [1900?]
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 93
Plate owner: Haines, George W.
Plate name: George W. Haines.
Artist: A.N Macdonald (A.N.M sc)
Description: Shows within a flourishing border, a pioneer scene within wilderness, a tent and camp fire is drawn at the left mountains and a lake to the right.
Date: 1911
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 94a
Plate owner: Early Ella May
Plate name: Ex libris Ella May Early
Artist: A.N. Macdonald (sc)
Description: The principal illustration shows a yard leading to a house partially obscured by woodland.
Date: 1910
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 94b
Plate owner: Early Ella May
Plate name: Ex libris Ella May Early
Artist: A.N.Macdonald (sc)
Description: The principal illustration shows a yard leading to a house partially obscured by woodland.
Date: 1910
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 95
Plate owner: Gillespie, Jean
Plate name: Ex libris Jean Gillespie
Artist: A.N.Macdonald (sc)
Description: Shows an open window revealing a still lake. At the head is a decorative frieze, with garlands.
Date: 1910
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 96
Plate owner: [Not identified]
Plate name: This souvenir volume no … is presented to … with the compliments of the equitable life assurance society of the United States [signed in the print] H.A Day, president
Artist: [not identified]
Description: Principally text. Has ornate border with frieze. At the head is a plate with an illustration of a figure with a sword and shield (Bellona?) and a child and mother.
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 97
Plate owner: Cornell University
Plate name: Presented to Cornell University in memory of Major Richard Well, medical reserve corps-United States Army
Artist: A.N. Macdonald (A.N.M.)
Description: Shows a study, with a several microscopes at a desk.
Date: 1918
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 98
Plate owner: Clough, Micajah Pratt
Plate name: Ex libris Micajah Pratt Clough
Artist: A.N. Macdonald (A.N.M.)
Description: Shows a forested area, with a creek and rocky cliffs.
Date: 1916
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 99
Plate owner: [Not identified]
Plate name: Wishing you a merry Christmas and a happy new year. Mr and Mrs. William E. Baille.
Artist: A.N. Macdonald (A.N.M.)
Description: Text on a cartouche within a raised border.
Date: [1919]
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 100
Plate owner: Welt, Frank Leslie
Plate name: Ex libris Frank Leslie Welt MCMXIV
Artist: A.N. Macdonald (A.N.Macdonald del sc)
Description: The principal illustration shows a frigate sailing before a rising sun.
Date: 1914
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 101
Plate owner: Utica Public Library
Plate name: Utica Public Library, from the Utica Mechanics Association Fund
Artist: A.N. Macdonald (A.N.Macdonald del sc)
Description: The principal illustration shows a desk, a bookshelf in the background, with compass, rules and cogs..
Date: 1909
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 102
Plate owner: Ohio State University
Plate name: Ohio State University, this book a gift of …
Artist: A.N. Macdonald (A.N.M. sc.) T.E. French ( T.E.F. del)
Description: Apparently generic donation pplate, with a space at the foot left for the later annotation of the donor’s name.
Date: 1919
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 103
Plate owner: Ohio Wesleyan University Library
Plate name: Ohio Wesleyan University Library
Artist: A.N. Macdonald (A.N.M. sc.) ; E.A.S.. del
Description: Shows Romanesque columns and a peaked roof archway before the a path leading into the grounds, towards the Library. The University seal is drawn in the roof of the archway.
Date: 1917
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 104
Plate owner: Terry, Roderick
Plate name: Ex libris Roderick Terry
Artist: A.N. Macdonald (A.N.M. sc.)
Description: The principal image is of a tree, before a large wooden building set into a circular border.
Date: 1919
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 105
Plate owner: Stires Schooley, Edina
Plate name: Ex libris Edena Stires Schooley
Artist: A.N. Macdonald (A.N.M.)
Description: At the centre is a cartouche is an oil lamp on a cartouche, set within a heavily decorative background.
Date: 1919
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 106
Plate owner: Stearns, Helen J.
Plate name: Helen J Stearns.
Artist: H.N Poole.
Description: The principal image is of a caïque, sailing at night.
Date: 1917
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 107
Plate owner: Stearns, Helen J.
Plate name: John and Alice Poole Helen J Stearns.
Artist: [H.N Poole.]
Description: Plate shows tall ship entering an ancient harbour city.
Printed on translucent paper.
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 108
Plate owner: Pentland Baird, Elizabeth
Plate name: Ex libris Elizabeth Pentland Baird
Artist: H.N Poole. (H.N.P.)
Description: Plate shows a trees, deformed and bent so as to reveal an island within a sea and an expansive sky.
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 109
Plate owner: Montague Cooke, C
Plate name: From the collection of C. Montague Cooke Jr.
Artist: H.N Poole.
Description: Plate shows an illustration of a creek, surrounded by trees. Bordered horizontally by text. Printed on translucent paper.
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 plate, black and white

p. 110
Plate owner: Bickerton, Agnes C.
Plate name: Agnes C. Bickerton, ex libris
Artist: H.N Poole..
Description: Shows an illustration of trees before a beach, upon which a canoe sits. Surrounding this is an illustration of vines.
Date: 1918
Size: 1 plate, sepia

p. 111
Plate owner: Botts, Ebert J.
Plate name: Ex libris Ebert J. Botts
Artist: [H.N Poole]
Description: Shows a Socratic-like figure, with chine resting in hand, sitting on stone steps.
Date: 1916
Size: 1 plate, sepia

p. 112
Plate owner: Bowdoin College Library.
Plate name: Bowdoin College Library, gift of the class of 1877
Artist: W.E. Fisher (W.E.F.)
Description: Shows, within a cartouche, an illustration of an eagle flying around a globe.
Date: 1912
Size: 1 print, green

p. 113
Plate owner: Bowdoin College Library.
Plate name: Bowdoin College Library
Artist: W.E. Fisher (W.E.F.)
Description: Shows within a cartouche, an illustration of an eagle flying around a globe.
Date: 1912
Size: 1 print, sepia

p. 114
Plate owner: Bowdoin College Library.
Plate name: The Library of Bowdoin College, gift of the class of 1882
Artist: W.E. Fisher (William Edgar Fisher)
Description: Shows, within an architectural border, an illustration of a long boat race, in the upper section.
Date: 1909
Size: 1 print, green

p. 115
Plate owner: Bowne, Samuel W.
Plate name: Ex libris Samuel W. Bowne
Artist: W.E. Fisher (William Edgar Fisher)
Description: Shows a figure within plate armour, holding a jousting spear and a shield, drawn sitting above two books.
Date: 1913
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 116
Plate owner: Duke, Helen
Plate name: Ex libris Helen Duke
Artist: W.E. Fisher (William Edgar Fisher)
Description: Shows two cherubs holding a crown before garlands and an open book.
Date: 1915
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 117
Plate owner: Dennet, Roger H,
Plate name: The medical Library of Roger H. Dennet
Artist: W.E. Fisher (William Edgar Fisher)
Description: Shows a child, wrapped in bandages, drawn within a disc.
Date: 1915
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 118
Plate owner: Fisher, Stowell le Cain
Plate name: Ex libris Stowell le Cain Fisher
Artist: W.E. Fisher (William Edgar Fisher)
Description: Shows two cherubs reclining on while holding garlands. Within a cartouche is the plat owner’s name.
Date: 1919
Size: 1 print, sepia

p. 119
Plate owner: Fisher, Cameron Mann
Plate name: Ex libris Cameron Mann Fisher
Artist: W.E. Fisher (William Edgar Fisher)
Description: Shows knights in plate armour, one on horseback, charging with weapons ready.
Date: 1917
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 120
Plate owner: Fisher, William Edgar
Plate name: Ex libris William Edgar Fisher
Artist: W.E. Fisher (William Edgar Fisher)
Description: Shows the plate owner’s name decorated with garlands, and printing and draughtsmen’s tools.
Date: 1914
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 121
Plate owner: Sage, John Charles
Plate name: Ex libris John Charles Sage
Artist: W.E. Fisher (W.E.F.)
Description: Shows Two monks reading a book on an upright book stand. Books are showing scattered on the floor.
Date: 1900
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 122
Plate owner: International Buyer’s Club
Plate name: Ex libris International Buyers’ Club
Artist: W.E. Fisher (William Edgar Fisher)
Description: Shows a city skyline, viewed as though through a cathedral window.
Date: 1915
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 123
Plate owner: King, Charles Arthur
Plate name: Charles Arthur King
Artist: W.E. Fisher (William Edgar Fisher)

Description: Shows a tall ship, within a vaulted, architectural border.
Date: 1914
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 124
Plate owner: Windus, William ; Knight, Edna Ford
Plate name: Ex libris William Windus & Edna Ford, Knight
Artist: W.E. Fisher.
Description: Shows a male and female, in circa late 1600s dress in the foreground, standing two plinths holding urns surrounded by birds and decorated with garlands.
Date: 1906
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 125
Plate owner: Knight, Samuel Bradford ; and Knight, Della Hood
Plate name: Ex libris Samuel Bradford Knight and Della Hood
Artist: W.E. Fisher (William Edgar Fisher)
Description: Shows a county building, drawn within an architectural border.
Date: 1906
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 126
Plate owner: Herbert, George
Plate name: From the George Herbert Collection of Cameron Mann
Artist: W.E. Fisher (William Edgar Fisher)
Description: Shows a portrait (Cameron Mann?) within an oval border.
Date: 1907
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 127
Plate owner: McCutcheon, Theodora N.
Plate name: Ex libris Theodora N. McCutcheon
Artist: W.E. Fisher (William Edgar Fisher)
Description: Shows a portrait of a woman in circa 1800s dress, standing next to an open fire.
Date: 1908
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 128
Plate owner: McClintock, Gilbert Stuart
Plate name: Ex libris Gilbert Stuart McClintock
Artist: W.E. Fisher (William Edgar Fisher)
Description: Shows the Parthenon within an architectural border.
Date: 1909
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 129
Plate owner: McLanaham, George Xavier ; McLanaham, Caroline Duer
Plate name: George Xavier McLanaham, Caroline Duer McLanaham
Artist: W.E. Fisher (William Edgar Fisher)
Description: Shows a male and female, in circa late French 1600s dress, standing in front of plinths holding potted vases in the centre is a cherub.
Date: 1908
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 130
Plate owner: McLauchlan, William
Plate name: William McLauchlan
Artist: W.E. Fisher (William Edgar Fisher)
Description: The principal illustration shows a man and a child before a forest, with crooked trees.
Date: 1909
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 131
Plate owner: St John’s University Shanghai, Low Library
Plate name: St John’s University Shanghai, Low Library
Artist: W.E. Fisher (William Edgar Fisher)
Description: Shows traditional Chinese gates, a figure walking through.
Date: 1913
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 132
Plate owner: St Katharine’s School,
Plate name: Ex libris St Katharine’s School, Davenport Iowa. Gift of the class of 1917.
Artist: W.E. Fisher (William Edgar Fisher)
Description: Principal illustration shows the School within an arched border.
Date: 1917
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 133
Plate owner: Sanger, Eli L.
Plate name: Eli L. Sanger, his book
Artist: W.E. Fisher (William Edgar Fisher)
Description: Shows a man in a four post bed, in bed clothes and reading a book.
Date: 1907
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 134
Plate owner: Stoddard, Caswell Wheeler
Plate name: Caswell Wheeler Stoddard
Artist: W.E. Fisher (William Edgar Fisher)
Description: Shows an illustration of a house in the upper section of the plate. In the middle is the plate owner’s name.
Date: 1911
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 135
Plate owner: Williams, Lila L.
Plate name: Ex libris Lila L. Williams
Artist: W.E. Fisher (William Edgar Fisher)
Description: Shows a figure in ceremonial robes, writing in a book, within a church.
Date: 1913
Size: 1 print, black and white

p. 136
Plate owner: Stone, Ana Cora
Plate name: Ex libris Ana Cora Stone
Artist: W.E. Fisher (William Edgar Fisher)
Description: Shows a bay window, with a bookshelf at the left and right. Books are placed on the floor before the bay window chair.
Date: [no date]
Size: 1 print, black and white

Copyright status:: This collection has multiple rights owners.
Copyright status:: In copyright - Life of creator plus 70 years Out of copyright - Creator died before 1955
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Transcribed from original wrapping.