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Title

Robert Charles Billings Bookplate

Description

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 Charles Billings Fund" and engraved just below "S.L.S May 1903"; on back in pencil "Sidney L. Smith"
see envelope entry

Creator

Smith, Sidney L.

Source

Helen Patricia (Patsy) Wilson Bookplate Collection, Washington Public Library, Washington, IA.

Publisher

State Library of Iowa

Date

May 1903

Contributor

Boston Public Library: Robert Charles Billings fund
Washington Public Library, Washington, Iowa. For questions about copyright, contact the State Library of Iowa at http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org

Rights

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Format

1
5.25" x 3.5"
black ink on white

Coverage

from Bezanson envelope

Original Format

Bookplate

File Name

Billings_Robert_01_WilsonBookplates

Repository

Washington Public Library

Repository Collection

Helen Patricia (Patsy) Wilson Bookplate Collection
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