Preview
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
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 the 'Cat with a Quail' mosaic from Pompeii, Italy" (2023). Bookplates by Sara Eugenia Blake. Image 14.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/bookplates-artists-blake/14