Preview
Commissioned for
Elizabeth Diamond
Signed
Yes
Description
Etched bookplate on light purple paper, in dark purple ink, made for Elizabeth Diamond. It is a copy of an intaglio print by Étienne Achille Réveil, titled 'Iliade - Homer - Night - Sleep - Zeus - Olympus - Jupiter', which was made after John Flaxman. Signed: Christmas 1945.
Condition
Affixed on cardstock paper.
Object Type
Bookplate
Language
English
Object Size
17.5 x 12.5 cm
Bookplate Collection Number
BA169
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
2021-12-06 00:00
Image Format
image/jpeg
Image File Size
745 KB
Image File Location
Cop-Darc (\\Otay.sandiego.edu\Dept17)(S:)Bkplate_Art_Blake-S010.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 scene from the Iliad" (1945). Bookplates by Sara Eugenia Blake. Image 10.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/bookplates-artists-blake/10