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Plate, Engraving

Title:
Ex Libris, Walter Carroll Jenkins
Object Name:
Plate, Engraving
Object ID:
1984.099.33
Creator:
Suffolk Engraving & Electrotyping Company -- Engraver
Place of Origin:
Cambridge, MA
Date:
1928
Description:
Plate, etched copper, for bookplate. Reads "EX LIBRIS / WALTER CARROLL JENKINS". Image of ship with two masts on windy sea, signed, "D.R.I." Maker's label reads, "The / SUFFOLK / ENGRAVING & / ELECTROTYPING / COMPANY / Kendall Square / Cambridge, Mass. / ACCURACY EXCELLENCE". Handwritten notation, "ordered by his mother in law", "xmas 28", "266 No Main St / Concord NH".
Material:
Metal
Copper
Dimensions:
H-6.5 W-5 inches
Provenance:
Kimball Collection
Carolyn Louise Jenkins (1930-1981), Concord, NH. Bequeathed a collection of historical clothing, photographs, et al., from the Kimball Jenkins estate.
Walter Carrol Jenkins (1893-1977), Concord, NH. Jenkins was a widower in 1928. He married Louise Mason Kimball, October 1929. Resided at the Kimball homestead, 266 North Main Street.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Carolyn Louise Jenkins
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