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Commissioned for

Mary Alice Ercolini

Signed

Yes

Description

Etched bookplate on gray paper, in black ink, made for Mary Alice Ercolini. It depicts the 'Cat with a Quail' mosaic from the House of the Faun in Pompeii, Italy. The mosaic shows a cat attacking a quail, and in the lower half an assortment of sea creatures and two ducks. On the bookplate, there is a single bird in each bottom corner.

Condition

Affixed on cardstock paper.

Object Type

Bookplate

Language

English

Object Size

14 x 11.2 cm

Bookplate Collection Number

BA173

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

650 KB

Image File Location

Cop-Darc (\\Otay.sandiego.edu\Dept17)(S:)Bkplate_Art_Blake-S014.tif

Repository

Special Collections, Copley Library, University of San Diego

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