A border, the top consisting of small, nude, human-like creatures performing an autopsy on a larger human. Beneath the title text are various potted plants, laboratory artifacts, and a caduceus. approximately 1775, Newburyport, Mass.
Subject (Name):
Swett, John, 1830-1913
Subject (Topic):
Birds, Caduceus, Candles, Chemical apparatus, Children, Medical historians, and Nature
A coat of arms divided into two, with a checkerboard design at the top, and a lion featured in the bottom half. At the crest of this shield is a dragon atop a torse. A tree largely surrounds the shield, with a potted flower to the lower left, and a caduceus to the right.
Subject (Name):
Warren, John Collins, 1842-1927
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Birds, Caduceus, Lion, Nature, Physicians, and Shield
The main image consists of a large mountain, with several men with staffs and mountain goats scattered about. There is a large oval frame in the center, depicting another mountain and human figures within. Abover the oval is the phrase Per Ardua. In four points along the oval are different coats of arms. Surrounding the oval is a list of names, which include Meyer, Wyttenbach, Simler, Placidus, Erzh. Johann, Rotario, Petrarch, Gessner, Scheuchzer, Bourrit, Paccard, Saussure.
Greenway, James Cowan Yale University. School of Medicine
Collection Title:
Bookplate Collection
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
The Greenway family crest, with shelves of books behind it and columns framing it. Beneath is the phrase Suaviter Quam VI. At the bottom, with space in which to write, are the words: "Book" and "Shelf".
Subject (Name):
Greenway, James C. (James Cowan), 1903-1989 and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Books, Globes, Heraldic bookplates, Nature, Physicians, and Shields
Circular bookplate, with a leafed tree at the in the center, and the sun with numerous rays behind it. An open book is to the left, and a snake coiled around an hourglass is to the right. A phrase above the tree reads Esse Quam Videri.
Subject (Name):
Mailhouse, Max, 1857-1941 and Yale School of Medicine
A light bulb at the top adds light to the center of the plate, where a pheasant and a few bare trees are in a hilly area. Beneath this is a rifle. Above the scene is the phrase One sees only what one looks for. A letter from Lawson to the Yale Medical Library, June 6, 1966, is attached.
Subject (Name):
Lawson, Robert, 1822- and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Hunting, Nature, Radiologists, and Yale Medical Library