Artist/Designer
Oscar Taylor Blackburn
Preview
Commissioned for
Gamma Tau Chapter Sigma Nu Fraternity
Signed
Yes
Description
An armorial bookplate on light sepia tinted paper with black ink for the Gamma Tau Chapter Sigma Nu Fraternity at the University of Minnesota. The main illustration in the middle is the fraternity's crest and is framed in an oval shape. Above the crest is the fraternity's greek letters framed in a smaller circle. The bookplate is a rectangle with a black background and flowers filling in some of the empty space around the circles.
Condition
Affixed on card stock
Bookplate Function
Ownership
Object Type
Bookplate
Bookplate Type
Pictorial
Language
English
Date or Era
20th Century
Object Size
4.75 x 2.875 in
Bookplate Collection Number
BA103
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
An armorial bookplate on light sepia tinted paper with black ink for the Gamma Tau Chapter Sigma Nu Fraternity at the University of Minnesota. The main illustration in the middle is the fraternity's crest and is framed in an oval shape. Above the crest is the fraternity's greek letters framed in a smaller circle. The bookplate is a rectangle with a black background and flowers filling in some of the empty space around the circles.
Image Format
image/jpeg
Image File Size
489 KB
Image File Location
S:\Bookplates\Blackburn, Oscar Taylor\TIF Images\BA103.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 crest in the center and a fraternity's greek letters above" (2024). Bookplates by Oscar Taylor Blackburn. Image 23.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/bookplates-artists-blackburn/23