| 2. | ![[Bookplate for George Francis Steele by E. J. W.]](/cgi-bin/thumbnail.exe?CISOROOT=/bookplate&CISOPTR=850 "[Bookplate for George Francis Steele by E. J. W.]") | [Bookplate for George Francis Steele by E. J. W.] | In black ink on white or cream paper it depicts a nude male figure riding a Pegasus in the upper left surrounded by a swirl of stars, planets, and other astronomical bodies. Another nude, winged male figure in the lower right holds a quill pen in his right hand and in his left, the end of a ribbon on which "EX LIBRIS / AD ASTRA" is written. A dark dome, possibly representing a planet, occupies the lower left. There are blue smudges, possibly ink, across the lower third of the bookplate. |
