Artist/Designer

Bird, Elisha Brown

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Commissioned for

Wendell Hertig Taylor

Signed

Yes

Description

An engraved pictorial bookplate on light sepia paper with black ink for Wendell Hertig Taylor. There's a man sitting on a chair reading a book with one candle on the table providing him light. On the desk are more books and an inkwell. Inside the border is an ornate calligraphic pattern with an owl in both the left and right corner.

Condition

Affixed on card stock

Bookplate Function

Ownership

Object Type

Bookplate

Bookplate Type

Pictorial

Language

English and Latin

Date or Era

c. 20th Century

Object Size

8.25 x 5.5 in.

Bookplate Collection Number

BA055

Subject

Bookplate designers

Subject

Bookplates--Specimens

Subject

Books—Owners’ marks

Part of

Bookplate Collection of Christine Price

Donor

Christine Price

Digital Publisher

Copley Library, University of San Diego

Date Digitized

2023-05-17

Image Format

image/jpeg

Image File Size

773 KB

Image File Location

S:\Bookplates\Bird, Elisha Brown\TIF Images\BA055.tif

Repository

Special Collections, Copley Library, University of San Diego

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