Artist/Designer
Elisha Brown Bird, 1867-1943
Preview
Commissioned for
Yale University Library
Signed
No
Description
An engraved pictorial bookplate on sepia paper with black ink for the Yale University Library. This bookplate is "To the Memory of David Brooks M.A. A graduate of Yale 1768 who fought with Washington and of his son Major General Micah Brooks who fought in the war of 1812". Below this information is the Yale seal and a banner that says "Gifts of their descendant. Florence Brooks-Aten". On both sides of the information are soldiers standing straight with a gun in their hand. On top is an image of a building, perhaps the library, surrounding by leafless trees.
Condition
Affixed on card stock
Bookplate Function
Memorial
Object Type
Bookplate
Bookplate Type
Pictorial
Language
English and Latin
Date or Era
c. 20th Century
Object Size
4.5 x 3.25 in.
Bookplate Collection Number
BA072
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
442 KB
Image File Location
S:\Bookplates\Bird, Elisha Brown\JPEG Images\BA072.jpg
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
"Elisha Brown Bird Bookplate Commissioned by Yale University Library" (2023). Bookplates by Elisha Brown Bird. Image 34.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/bookplates-artists-bird/34