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Robert Charles Billings Bookplate

Image - central image portrait surrounded by oval "1819 ROBERT CHARLES BILLINGS 1899"; drapery across top of portrait has a lighted torch; on shelf below portrait - unlit lamp and papers inkwell & quill; below shelf "From the incomes of the Robert…

Tags: Bookplate, Boston Public Library, Helen Patricia (Patsy) Wilson Bookplate Collection, Robert Charles Billings, Robert Charles Billings Fund, Sidney L. Smith, Washington Public Library

Robert Baird Riggs Bookplate

Image - wooded lawn with birdbath; owl centered at top of border; book below the lawn; below book "EX LIBRIS: ROBERT BAIRD RIGGS"; engraved below border S.B. Hill 1922; in pencil on back S.B. Hill

Tags: Bookplate, Helen Patricia (Patsy) Wilson Bookplate Collection, Robert Baird Riggs, S.B. Hill, Washington Public Library

Ray M. Thompson Bookplate

Image - monks copying books; at top "Il Penseroso"; below image gothic arches flanking "EX LIBRIS RAY M. THOMPSON"

Tags: Bookplate, Helen Patricia (Patsy) Wilson Bookplate Collection, Ray M. Thompson, Washington Public Library

Quine Library Bookplate

Image - central portrait surrounded by grape vines; open book at top "THIS PLATE THE GIFT OF THE CLASS OF 1907"; below portrait of William Edward Quine "MEDICAMENTI MENTIS" and "QUINE LIBRARY COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEIONS"

Tags: Bookplate, Helen Patricia (Patsy) Wilson Bookplate Collection, Quine Library, University of Illinois, Washington Public Library, William Edward Quine