Creator(s)	Smith, Sidney Lawton, 1845-1929, artist.
Contributor(s)	Bangor Public Library, patron.
Title	[Bookplate of the Bangor Public Library (Hersey Fund)]
Variant title(s)	Bangor Public Library, established A.D. 1883, 1812 Samuel Freeman Hersey 1875, from the Hersey Fund Bangor Public Library, established A.D. 1883, from the Hersey Fund
Link to library catalog	http://catalog.bostonathenaeum.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=497469
Date	1897
Publisher	[Boston : S.L. Smith]
Physical description	1 print on paper : etching, b&w ; image 54 x 82 mm.
Summary	Central oval bust-length portrait of Samuel Freeman Hersey, flanked by a classical female figure holding a lit torch on the left and on the right, a seated youth holding a lit lamp and supporting a shield with the coat of arms for Bangor.
Notes	Title devised by cataloger. Artist's initials and date at lower center, below portrait of Hersey. Text on bookplate reads: Bangor Public Library, established 1883, 1812 Samuel Freeman Hersey 1875, from the Hersey Fund. Part of a collection compiled by Walter Merriam Pratt.
Local Notes	Athenaeum copies in Bookplate .Sm18: Copy 1 on cream wove paper (12 x 15 cm.); copy 2 on light blue-gray, wove paper (7 x 9 cm.). Athenaeum copy in Bookplate .Lg12 is on white wove paper (7 x 9 cm.) adhered to buff laid paper (27 x 20 cm).
Subject(s)	Hersey, Samuel Freeman--In bookplates--Portraits. Bangor Public Library--In bookplates. Bangor (Me.)--Seal--In bookplates--Pictorial works.
Genre terms	Bookplates--United States--1890-1900. Etchings--United States--1890-1900.
Provenance	Pratt, Walter Merriam, former owner
Location/Call number	Bookplate (Appointment required) .Lg12
Reference	Goodspeed, C.E. Sidney Lawton Smith, 21
Source	SLS Bookplate.Lg 12.jpg
Rights	Collection of the Boston Athenaeum. May not be reproduced or quoted without written permission. For more information, see http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/node/46