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Description
An armorial bookplate printed in black ink on white paper. A bird displayed, wings inverted, couped with thistle in beak, with a crest wreath, argent and vert (silver and green). Beneath that is a shield, party per pale, erminois and argent. The dexter side, erminois, per chevron azure (blue) with three chess rooks, gules (red). The dexter side, argent, per fess, gules, with two diamonds, sable (black).
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Title |
[Bookplate for Robert Smart]
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Date Created |
[between 1800 and 1999]
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Description |
An armorial bookplate printed in black ink on white paper. A bird displayed, wings inverted, couped with thistle in beak, with a crest wreath, argent and vert (silver and green). Beneath that is a shield, party per pale, erminois and argent. The dexter side, erminois, per chevron azure (blue) with three chess rooks, gules (red). The dexter side, argent, per fess, gules, with two diamonds, sable (black).
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Extent |
1 bookplate : burin engraving ; 5.7 x 8.8 cm
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File Format |
image/jpeg
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Notes |
The owner and creator of this bookplate are both uncertain. It is possible that the bookplate belonged to Robert Smart of Montréal born 1825, given the bookplate's inclusion in a collection from Montréal. This Robert Smart married Mary Smart and had three sons, George Elliot Smart (born in England on 13 August 1860, died 23 October 1937 in Lachine Québec), Peter Smart (born in 1865), and William Smart (born 1867). The University of McGill's Phillipe Masson Ex Libris collection contains two bookplates owned by William Lynn Smart, C.W. and William Lynn Smart, Jur. C.W. which both feature the same image of a bird with spread wings, holding a thistle. It is possible that these owners were the son and grandson of the Robert Smart mentioned above and that this image of a bird is particular to this family.
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Identifier |
BP MUR SL P S637; BP_MUR_SL_P_S637
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Source |
Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Thomas Murray Bookplates Collection. Leslie Binder. BP MUR SL P S637
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Date Available |
2012
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Provider |
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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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
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DOI |
10.14288/1.0215680
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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