Artist/Designer
Oscar Taylor Blackburn
Preview
Commissioned for
Worrell Clarkson Junior and Katharine Abbott
Signed
No
Description
A pictorial bookplate on light sepia tinted paper with black ink for Worrel Clarkson Junior and Katharine Abbott. "Ex-Libris" is used to show who the book owner is. The center illustration is a sailboat in the calm water and the image is in the form of a teardrop. At the bottom of the teardrop is an open book. Surrounding the teardrop are flowers and the bottom half are books. The border for the bookplate has 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
3 x 2.25 in
Bookplate Collection Number
BA086
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 Worrel Clarkson Junior and Katharine Abbott. "Ex-Libris" is used to show who the book owner is. The center illustration is a sailboat in the calm water and the image is in the form of a teardrop. At the bottom of the teardrop is an open book. Surrounding the teardrop are flowers and the bottom half are books. The border for the bookplate has a quote "It may be we shall touch the happy isles."
Image Format
image/jpeg
Image File Size
256 KB
Image File Location
S:\Bookplates\Blackburn, Oscar Taylor\TIF Images\BA086.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 ship on the water in the shape of a teardrop with flowers and words surrounding it" (2024). Bookplates by Oscar Taylor Blackburn. Image 6.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/bookplates-artists-blackburn/6