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Cornell College (Mount Vernon, Iowa)

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Descriptive Information

Title
Cornell College (Mount Vernon, Iowa)
Designer
Lyon, Harriette Amsen  
Style
Book plate  
Bookplate Type
Pictorial  
Bookplate Function
Ownership  
Institutional or Personal
Institutional  
Date
1903  
Dimensions
62 x 128 mm
Orientation
Portrait
Coverage-Spatial
Mount Vernon (Iowa)  
Subject/Iconography
Aestesian Literary Society (Cornell College)  
Bookplate Text
  • [artist's name:] HARRIETTE AMSDEN LYON 1903
  • NUMBER
  • CORNELL COLLEGE
  • DAS EWIG WEIBLICHE | ZIEHT UNS HINAN
  • FROM THE AESTHESIAN LIBRARY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE
Description
Woman in Renaissance gown reads a book outdoors.
Note
[1] Cornell College's Aesthesian Literary Society for women was founded in 1870. [2] The motto: Das ewig Weibliche zieht us hinan = The eternal feminine draws us on (last line of Goethe's Faust)
Reference
Ward, Harry P. Some American college bookplates. Columbus, Ohio: Champlin, 1915. Page 82.
Rights
No Copyright - United States
File Name
exlibris0981.jp2
Collection Title
John Starr Stewart Ex Libris Collection
Collection
John Starr Stewart Ex Libris Collection
TitleCornell College (Mount Vernon, Iowa)
DesignerLyon, Harriette Amsen  
StyleBook plate  
Bookplate TypePictorial  
Bookplate FunctionOwnership  
Institutional or PersonalInstitutional  
Date1903  
Dimensions62 x 128 mm
OrientationPortrait
Coverage-SpatialMount Vernon (Iowa)  
Subject/IconographyAestesian Literary Society (Cornell College)  
Bookplate Text
  • [artist's name:] HARRIETTE AMSDEN LYON 1903
  • NUMBER
  • CORNELL COLLEGE
  • DAS EWIG WEIBLICHE | ZIEHT UNS HINAN
  • FROM THE AESTHESIAN LIBRARY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE
DescriptionWoman in Renaissance gown reads a book outdoors.
Note[1] Cornell College's Aesthesian Literary Society for women was founded in 1870. [2] The motto: Das ewig Weibliche zieht us hinan = The eternal feminine draws us on (last line of Goethe's Faust)
ReferenceWard, Harry P. Some American college bookplates. Columbus, Ohio: Champlin, 1915. Page 82.
RightsNo Copyright - United States
File Nameexlibris0981.jp2
Collection TitleJohn Starr Stewart Ex Libris Collection
CollectionJohn Starr Stewart Ex Libris Collection

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