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Title	BP MUR USA P B754
Contributor	Brigham, William Tufts
Date Created	[1870-1899]
Description	This bookplate consists of an escutcheon, argent (silver), charged with long stemmed flowers and a softly invected saltier, vert (green). Three flower stems, layered below the saltier, rise from the earth at middle base. At the honour point appears an open blossom, and on either side of the fess point are closed blossoms. The shield is crested by a diadem decorated with feathers. The Latin motto appears on the saltier, written from dexter chief to sinister base. ; Bookplate Type : Heraldic ; Bookplate Function : Ownership
Extent	7.9 X 11.3 CM ; Technique Code : C2 : Burin (graver or gouge) engraving, notably on copper ; ; Orientation : Portrait;
Subject	flora heraldry
Genre	Illustrated works
Type	image/jpeg
File Format	Still Image
Notes	William Tufts Brigham, son of William Brigham was born May 24, 1841. He attended Boston Latin School and graduated from Harvard University in 1862 with the degree of Master of Arts. He studied Botany, and in 1864-65 explored the Hawaiian Islands with Horace Mann. He was a professor of Natural Science at Oahu College, resigning in Oct. 1865, to continue explorations in China and India. He returned to Mass., and in Sept. 1867 was admitted to the Bar. In 1868-69 he was an instructor in Botany at Harvard. He removed to Honolulu in 1888 to take charge of the museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History, founded there by C.R. Bishop, now known as the Bishop Museum. He was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, of the California Academy of Sciences, and of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences. William Tufts Brigham is not known to have married. A number of works by William Tufts Brigham can be found in the UBC Library Catalogue. For more information on the Thomas Murray Collection, see: http://www.library.ubc.ca/spcoll/murray/default.html ; Personal
Collection	Thomas Murray Collection
Source	Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Thomas Murray Collection
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca
DOI	10.14288/1.0215298
Aggregated Source Repository	CONTENTdm

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