Artist/Designer
Oscar Taylor Blackburn
Preview
Commissioned for
Ralph Wallace Mitchell
Signed
Yes
Description
A pictorial bookplate on light sepia tinted paper with black ink for Ralph Wallace Mitchell. "Ex-Libris" is used to show who the book owner is. The center illustration is a kayak in the lake with mountains in the distance. The shape of the illustration is an arch that has a straight bottom. Below the illustration is a tennis racket, a medieval chemistry instrument, a baseball, and books. Above the center illustration is a scroll is the University of Minnesota's Board of Regents symbol with their motto "omnibus artaus commune vinculum" which translates to "a common bond for all the arts." Filling in the background on the sides of the scroll are calligraphic leaves.
Condition
Affixed on card stock
Bookplate Function
Ownership
Object Type
Bookplate
Bookplate Type
Pictorial
Language
English and Latin
Date or Era
20th Century
Object Size
3.25 x 2 in
Bookplate Collection Number
BA092
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
A pictorial bookplate on light sepia tinted paper with black ink for Ralph Wallace Mitchell. "Ex-Libris" is used to show who the book owner is. The center illustration is a kayak in the lake with mountains in the distance. The shape of the illustration is an arch that has a straight bottom. Below the illustration is a tennis racket, a medieval chemistry instrument, a baseball, and books. Above the center illustration is a scroll is the University of Minnesota's Board of Regents symbol with their motto "omnibus artaus commune vinculum" which translates to "a common bond for all the arts." Filling in the background on the sides of the scroll are calligraphic leaves.
Image Format
image/jpeg
Image File Size
293 KB
Image File Location
S:\Bookplates\Blackburn, Oscar Taylor\TIF Images\BA092.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 a kayak on the lake and surrounding the image are calligraphic leaves, a tennis rack, and books" (2024). Bookplates by Oscar Taylor Blackburn. Image 12.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/bookplates-artists-blackburn/12