Artist/Designer
Oscar Taylor Blackburn
Preview
Commissioned for
Eugene P. Holmes
Signed
Yes
Description
A pictorial bookplate with a dark sepia ink for Eugene P. Holmes. "Ex-Libris" is used to show who the book owner is. There is a framed fish at the top and below that is a framed duck. In between the two is an open book. On the bottom are books, hunting guns, a butterfly net, fishing hooks, and a target. Filling in the background are leaves and ribbon banners that presents the name.
Condition
Affixed on card stock
Bookplate Function
Ownership
Object Type
Bookplate
Bookplate Type
Pictorial
Language
Latin
Date or Era
20th Century
Object Size
2.125 x 2.75 in
Bookplate Collection Number
BA088
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 with a dark sepia ink for Eugene P. Holmes. "Ex-Libris" is used to show who the book owner is. There is a framed fish at the top and below that is a framed duck. In between the two is an open book. On the bottom are books, hunting guns, a butterfly net, fishing hooks, and a target. Filling in the background are leaves and ribbon banners that presents the name.
Image Format
image/jpeg
Image File Size
403 KB
Image File Location
S:\Bookplates\Blackburn, Oscar Taylor\TIF Images\BA088.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 different hunting elements and leaves" (2024). Bookplates by Oscar Taylor Blackburn. Image 8.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/bookplates-artists-blackburn/8