Creator(s)	Smith, Sidney Lawton, 1845-1929, etcher.
Contributor(s)	Osgood, Charles Grosvenor, 1871-1964, artist. Newton, A. Edward (Alfred Edward), 1864-1940, patron.
Title	[Bookplate of A. Edward Newton]
Variant title(s)	Ex libris, A. Edward Newton, Oak Knoll, Hill's Boswell II 238, "Sir, the biographical part of literature is what I love most." A. Edward Newton "Sir, the biographical part of literature is what I love most."
Link to library catalog	http://catalog.bostonathenaeum.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=498288
Date	1909
Publisher	[Boston : S.L. Smith]
Physical description	1 print on paper : etching, b&w ; image 88 x 66 mm.
Summary	Central panel depicts 18th century Fleet Street with Johnson and Boswell in the foreground, the latter pointing to the Temple Bar Gate, atop of which have been placed pikes with severed heads (the scene is described in Boswell's Life of Johnson. Cf. Boswell, James. Boswell's Life of Johnson, ed. George Birkbeck Hill (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1887), 2:238); name, quote, and date within border.
Notes	Title devised by cataloger. Plate designed by Charles G. Osgood. Artist's and etcher's initials at foot of plate. Numerals of the date are in each corner of the border. Text on bookplate reads: Ex libris, A. Edward Newton, Oak Knoll, Hill's Boswell II 238, "Sir, the biographical part of literature is what I love most." Athenaeum copy on cream wove paper (11 x 9 cm).
Subject(s)	Newton, A. Edward (Alfred Edward), 1864-1940--In bookplates. Boswell, James, 1740-1795--In bookplates--Pictorial works. Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784--In bookplates--Pictorial works. Temple Bar (London, England)--In bookplates--Pictorial works. Fleet Street (London, England)--In bookplates--Pictorial works. London (England)--Buildings, structures, etc.--In bookplates--Pictorial works.
Genre terms	Bookplates--United States--1900-1910. Etchings--United States--1900-1910.
Provenance	Dover Public Library (Dover, N.H) donor
Location/Call number	Bookplate (Appointment required) .Sm100
Reference	Goodspeed, C.E. Sidney Lawton Smith, 157
Source	SLS Bookplate.Sm 100.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