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Catalog Number |
C17.509.1-4 |
Title |
Four Wooden Library Signs |
Object Name |
Sign |
Description |
Four painted wooden signs, roughly rectangular with cut-out sides - volutes on each side; painted painted pale gray (?) originally with black painted lettering; .1 reads "History./Irish,/Scottish,/French." .2 reads "The Drama,/Poetry,/Classics." .3 reads "Novels, Tales./And/Romances." .4 reads "Periodicals./Science./Arts." |
Year Range from |
1840 |
Year Range to |
1860 |
Artist |
Unknown |
Dimensions |
H-9 W-17.75 inches |
Material |
Pine, paint |
Place of Origin |
Probably Portsmouth, NH |
Provenance |
Probably used as guides in the Athenaeum Library in the 19th century. |
Search Terms |
Portsmouth Athenaeum |
Subjects |
Signs Libraries Books Library Collections Library Cataloguing |
Relation |
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