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[Bookplate for Amelia Alexis Alvey by Eva Alvey Richards]
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| Title | [Bookplate for Amelia Alexis Alvey by Eva Alvey Richards] |
| Creator | Richards, Eva Alvey |
| Date Created | [between 1900 and 1999] |
| Sort Date | 1999 |
| Description | This is a pictorial bookplate created using brown ink on thick ivory paper. A nude female, portrayed kneeling on a pedestal, gazing down at an open book. A lamp is in nude's right hand and a caduceus (symbolising medicine) is in her left hand. Hanging from the caduceus is a scroll of music with legible musical notation. Placed in front of the nude is a large open book with objects placed on the left page. These objects (from left to right) consist of: an empty retort (symbolising chemistry), a round beaker, a small closed book, a microscope (representing biology), a beaker, and a test tube. A ribbon is tucked in the right pages of the book and reads "Ex Libris." Another ribbon below the book reads "Amelia Alexis Alvey." At the front of the pedestal are four heraldic shields. From left to right are: An argent shield with a eagle displayed, tongue protruding. On the chest of the eagle is a quartered per cross shield with the first and the sinister base are argent and the sinister chief and dexter base are black. Behind the shield is a palm. The next shield is argent with a fleur-de-lis ; below this shield are two irises. The next shield is argent with a beaver on it, around the shield are maple leaves. The final shield is argent with an eagle displayed clutching in its dexter talon palm leaves and in its sinister talon three arrows. Below the shield is a single rose. |
| Extent | 1 bookplate : burin engraving ; 10.1 x 13 cm |
| Subject | Medicine ; Music |
| Personal Names | Alvey, Amelia Alexis |
| Genre | Prints |
| Type | Still Image |
| Format | image/jpeg |
| Language | Latin
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| Notes | The artist, Eva Alvey Richards, authored Arctic Moods: A Narrative of Arctic Adventures (1949). |
| Access Identifier | BP GEN CAN P A484 |
| Digital Identifier | BP_GEN_CAN_P_A484 |
| Is Part Of | RBSC Bookplates |
| Source | Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. General Bookplates Collection. BP GEN CAN P A484 |
| Date Available | 2005-01-31 |
| Publisher - Digital | Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library |
| Rights | Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca |
| Transcript | Ex Libris Amelia Alexis Alvey |
| DOI | 1.0214900 |
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