Artist/Designer
Bird, Elisha Brown
Preview
![image preview](https://digital.sandiego.edu/bookplates-artists-bird/1006/preview.jpg)
Commissioned for
Martin Herbert Eisenhart
Signed
No
Description
An engraved pictorial bookplate on light sepia paper with black ink for Martin Herbert Eisenhart, an alchemist. An older man with a long beard is holding a book in one hand and a magnifying glass in the other. He is looking at the container sitting over a flame on the desk in front of him. Inside the border are calligraphic leaves, books, a Princeton University sigil, golf clubs, organ pipes, and a Massachusetts Institute of Technology crest. Behind him are books on a shelf, and an open window overlooking a pastoral plain with livestock grazing.
Condition
Affixed on card stock
Bookplate Function
Ownership
Object Type
Bookplate
Bookplate Type
Pictorial
Language
English
Date or Era
c. 20th Century
Object Size
4.5 x 3 in.
Bookplate Collection Number
BA045
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
789 KB
Image File Location
S:\Bookplates\Bird, Elisha Brown\
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 Martin Herbert Eisenhart" (2023). Bookplates by Elisha Brown Bird. Image 7.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/bookplates-artists-bird/7