Artist/Designer
Bird, Elisha Brown
Preview
Commissioned for
Guilford Free Library
Signed
Yes
Description
An engraved pictorial bookplate on light sepia paper with black ink for Guilford Free Library. At top center, there is the Connecticut coat of arms, with motto "Qui transtulit sustinet", translated, "he who transplanted still sustains". There is an open book above the center image. On the left page is an image of pilgrims and Indians making an agreement with the caption "Puritans buying land from the Indians: Guilford, year 1639". On the right page is an image of a house captioned "Old Stone House. Oldest stone house in the United States. Built in 1639". The center image below the book is an image of the library.
Condition
Affixed on card stock
Bookplate Function
Ownership
Object Type
Bookplate
Bookplate Type
Pictorial
Language
English
Date or Era
c. 20th Century
Object Size
5 x 3.25 in.
Bookplate Collection Number
BA061
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
666 KB
Image File Location
S:\Bookplates\Bird, Elisha Brown\TIF Images\BA061.tif
Repository
Special Collections, Copley Library, University of San Diego
Copyright
Images provided for research and reference use only. For more information please contact the University Archives/ Special Collections Department, Copley Library, University of San Diego.
Digital USD Citation
"Bookplate of an open book with images and the library building" (2023). Bookplates by Elisha Brown Bird. Image 23.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/bookplates-artists-bird/23