Artist/Designer
Oscar Taylor Blackburn
Preview
Commissioned for
Junios Penny Smith
Signed
No
Description
A pictorial bookplate on light sepia tinted paper with black ink for Junius Penny Smith. "Ex-Libris" is used to show who the book owner is. There is an illustration of a medieval welder working in his shop. He has a hammer in the air and is holding down a piece of metal with the other hand. The bookplate is in the shape of a circle that imitates a coin.
Condition
Affixed on card stock
Bookplate Function
Ownership
Object Type
Bookplate
Bookplate Type
Pictorial
Language
Latin
Date or Era
20th Century
Object Size
2.75 x 2.625 in
Bookplate Collection Number
BA094
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 Junius Penny Smith. "Ex-Libris" is used to show who the book owner is. There is an illustration of a medieval welder working in his shop. He has a hammer in the air and is holding down a piece of metal with the other hand. The bookplate is in the shape of a circle that imitates a coin.
Image Format
image/jpeg
Image File Size
257 KB
Image File Location
S:\Bookplates\Blackburn, Oscar Taylor\TIF Images\BA094.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 medieval welder" (2024). Bookplates by Oscar Taylor Blackburn. Image 14.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/bookplates-artists-blackburn/14