American Book-Plates: A Guide to Their Study with ExamplesAllen, Charles Dexter
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American Book-Plates: A Guide to Their Study with Examples
Allen, Charles Dexter
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Armorial. Chippendale. Attributed to Hurd. Motto, _Pax quaeritur bello_.
Of Massachusetts. Colonial statesman. Distributer of stamps under
Hutchinson.
626. ORPHAN ASYLUM. _Orphan Asylum._
Pictorial. A beautiful little picture of the Christ blessing the little
ones. The line, _Forasmuch as ye did it unto one of the least of these
ye did it unto me_, is given under the vignette. Signed, _L. Simond del.
Seney, Sc._
627. OSBORNE. _Peter Osborne._
Armorial. Chippendale. No motto. Of Philadelphia. Master of ship
“Pennsylvania Packet,” sailing between Philadelphia and England. Lost in
a gale in September, 1775.
628. OSBORNE. _Samuel Osborne._
Armorial. Early Chippendale. Motto-ribbon empty. Signed, _N. Hurd. Scp._
Of Boston. Brother of Captain Jeremiah Osborne, who died July 25th,
1768, on his passage from Isle of May to Newport. The only copy of this
plate known to me is in the Mauran-Deats collection, and was taken by
Mr. Mauran from a folio ledger of 1764.
629. OTIS. _Harrison Gray Otis._
Crest only. No motto. A graceful festoon on either side of the crest. Of
Massachusetts. Statesman and orator.
630. OTIS. _James Otis. Feby 1773._
Plain name-label, belonging to the orator and patriot of Massachusetts.
631. OTIS. _James Otis, junr’s BOOK._
A large name-label with the name in big type, with the request, _Please
return this with care_. An ornamental type border.
632. PACE. _Henry Pace._
The only information obtainable concerning this plate is the solitary
fact that it is the work of Hurd. It is given in Warren’s “First List of
English Engravers.”
633. PAGE. _Francis Page of the Inner Temple Esqr. 1703._
Early English. Full mantling envelopes the shield. Motto-ribbon empty.
Of Virginia.
634. PAGE. _The Property of Samuel Page._
A frame of Chippendale decoration enclosing simply the name. Resembles
the work of Hurd.
635. PAINE.
A pictorial plate of the celebrated political and deistical writer,
Thomas Paine, is said to be known. Copied from a tail-piece in the
“Gentleman’s Magazine.”
636. PANTON. _Frans. Panton._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Meliora spero_. Of New York. A
hair-dresser. Had no right to the arms. Not signed, but undoubtedly by
Maverick.
637. PANTON. _Francis Panton Junr._
Landscape. A very peculiar design. The shield is borne by two ducks, who
have each an end of a ribbon in their bills, the shield being upheld by
it over a stream; mountains in the background, each having one tree on
its peak; ducks are swimming in the marsh, and four men in a boat seem
in no hurry to get anywhere. Motto, _Spes meliora_. Signed, _Maverick
Scp._ Of New York.
[Illustration: Francis Panton Jun^{r}.]
638. PARKE. _John Parke. Esqr. A. M._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Terra aut mari_. Signed, _I. S. Sculp._
This was engraved by Skinner, the famous engraver of Bath.
639. PARKER. _B. Parker._
Armorial. Jacobean. Motto, _Aude fieri justum_.
640. PARKER. _James Parker. Esqr._
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