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[Bookplate for K. M. Fenwick]

Description

Black ink on brown paper. A border depicting wooden beams with vines growing on them houses the name of the owner and the number and volume entries. Beneath the name of the owner is a short horizontal dividing line. Both the number and volume are handwritten in black ink.

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Title
[Bookplate for K. M. Fenwick]
Date Created
[between 1860 and 1870?]
Description
Black ink on brown paper. A border depicting wooden beams with vines growing on them houses the name of the owner and the number and volume entries. Beneath the name of the owner is a short horizontal dividing line. Both the number and volume are handwritten in black ink.
Extent
1 bookplate : relief printing ; 6.5 x 5 cm
Subject Private libraries
Geographic Location Kingston (Ont.)
Person Or Corporation Fenwick, K. M.
Genre Prints
Type Still Image
File Format
image/jpeg
Language
English
Notes
Reverend K.M. Fenwick was originally from Scotland and immigrated to Ontario in 1845. By the 1850s, he resided in Kingston, Ontario. His son, Kenneth Neander Fenwick, was a noteworthy professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at Queen’s University in the 1880s and 90s.
References:
1) Obstetrics & Gynaecology. (2016). Retrieved February 25, 2016, from http://obgyn.queensu.ca/home/history/fenwick
Identifier BP MUR CAN P F4695d; BP_MUR_CAN_P_F4695d
Collection RBSC Bookplates
Source
Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Thomas Murray Bookplates Collection. Morley Binder. BP MUR CAN P F4695d
Date Available
2016-11-18
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
10.14288/1.0339853
Aggregated Source Repository
CONTENTdm
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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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