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[Bookplate for Amelia Alexis Alvey by Eva Alvey Richards]
[Bookplate for Amelia Alexis Alvey by Eva Alvey Richards]
Title[Bookplate for Amelia Alexis Alvey by Eva Alvey Richards]
CreatorRichards, Eva Alvey
Date Created[between 1900 and 1999]
Sort Date1999
DescriptionThis 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.
Extent1 bookplate : burin engraving ; 10.1 x 13 cm
SubjectMedicine ; Music
Personal NamesAlvey, Amelia Alexis
GenrePrints
TypeStill Image
Formatimage/jpeg
LanguageLatin
NotesThe artist, Eva Alvey Richards, authored Arctic Moods: A Narrative of Arctic Adventures (1949).
Access IdentifierBP GEN CAN P A484
Digital IdentifierBP_GEN_CAN_P_A484
Is Part OfRBSC Bookplates
SourceOriginal Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. General Bookplates Collection. BP GEN CAN P A484
Date Available2005-01-31
Publisher - DigitalVancouver : University of British Columbia Library
RightsImages 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
TranscriptEx Libris Amelia Alexis Alvey
DOI1.0214900
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