Artist/Designer
Oscar Taylor Blackburn
Preview
Commissioned for
Crawford Toy Johnson Junior and Mary-Stuart Snyder
Signed
No
Description
A pictorial bookplate on sepia tinted paper with black ink for Crawford Toy Johnson Jr. and Mary-Stuart Snyder. "Ex-Libris" is used to show who the book owner is. There is an illustration of a boat on the water, sailing away from the shore towards the sunset. There are trees on shore and the sun is halfway down. The illustration has a thick border with a quote "It may be we shall touch the happy isles."
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
2.625 x 2 in
Bookplate Collection Number
BA095
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 sepia tinted paper with black ink for Crawford Toy Johnson Jr. and Mary-Stuart Snyder. "Ex-Libris" is used to show who the book owner is. There is an illustration of a boat on the water, sailing away from the shore towards the sunset. There are trees on shore and the sun is halfway down. The illustration has a thick border with a quote "It may be we shall touch the happy isles."
Image Format
image/jpeg
Image File Size
199 KB
Image File Location
S:\Bookplates\Blackburn, Oscar Taylor\TIF Images\BA095.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 sailing boat on the water and there's a quote in the border" (2024). Bookplates by Oscar Taylor Blackburn. Image 15.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/bookplates-artists-blackburn/15