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
Bookplates -- Bibliography; Bookplates, American
Pictorial. The dove with the olive branch in her bill flies past
mountains with water at their foot. Motto, _Ab initio Deus providebit_,
on a circular garter enclosing the picture.
228. DRAYTON. _Drayton, South Carolina._
Armorial. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Non nobis solum_.
229. DRAYTON. _Jacob Drayton, South Carolina._
The same copper as the above with the first name added.
230. DRAYTON. _Wm. Drayton, Middle Temple._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Non nobis solum_. A smaller plate than
the preceding, with the same arms. The name and address are given in a
bracket bordered with scrolls and foliations. A jurist of South Carolina
and Florida.
231. DRAYTON. _William Henry Drayton._
Armorial. Statesman. Born at Drayton Hall-on-the-Ashley, near
Charleston, S.C., 1742; died, 1779.
232. DUANE. _James Duane. Esqr._
Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, _Nulli praeda_. Signed, _H. D. fect._ The
usual pictorial elements of Dawkins’ style are here introduced. The prim
shepherdess and attendant swain on one side of the shield, and a lonely
young girl singing to herself by a fountain, to the music of her guitar;
her home cannot be far away as she wears no hat and is in décolleté
attire. Of New York. Statesman. Member of the Old Congress. Illustrated
in “Art Amateur,” March, 1894.
233. DUDLEY. _Joseph Dudley 1754._
Armorial. Early English. The mantling is very full, curling upwards as
well as downward and completely envelopes the shield. It is the common
type of denticulated mantling, but not so elegant as some examples.
Motto, _Nec gladio nec arcu_. The name appears on the usual scroll
beneath the shield. Of the family of the Governor of the colony of
Massachusetts. This date, _1754_, was added by Hurd, and is much later
than the actual date of the plate.
234. DUER. _E Libris Gul. Alex. Duer._
Plain armorial. Motto, _Esse et videri_. Of New York. Brother-in-law of
Beverly Robinson. President of Columbia College from 1829 to 1842. Son
of following.
235. DUER. _Willm. Duer. Esq._
Armorial in form. Crest only. Ribbon and Wreath. Motto, _Esse quam
videri_. Attributed to Maverick: the frame strongly resembles the
Maturin Livingston. The name is on the shield. Born, 1747. Delegate to
Continental Congress.
236. DUMARESQUE. _Philip Dumaresque._
Armorial. Chippendale. No motto. Signed, _N. Hurd. Sculp._ One of the
first officers of old Trinity Church in Boston.
237. DUMMER. _Jer. Dummer Anglus Americanus._
Armorial. Early English. No motto. In the diary of John Hull, the coiner
of the early specie of Massachusetts, the following entry is found:
“1659. 1st of 5th. I received into my house Jeremie Dummer and Samuel
Paddy, to serve me as apprentices eight years.” In the “Heraldic
Journal” we learn that Jeremiah Dummer was a goldsmith. Married in 1672
Hannah Atwater. He was the father of Governor William Dummer, and of
Jeremiah Dummer the younger, the probable owner of this plate, who was
Massachusetts agent in England, 1710-1721.
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