Cornell College (Mount Vernon, Iowa)
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https://digital.library.illinois.edu/items/4a859dc0-3fcc-0134-1da0-0050569601ca-dDescriptive 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 |
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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 |
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