Preview
Commissioned for
Mary Alice Ercolini
Signed
Yes
Description
Etched bookplate on textured, sepia tint paper, in brown ink and partially colored, made for Mary Alice Ercolini. It depicts three figures in Japanese dress. Two are kneeling at a table and another enters the room. There is a cat curled up on the table, and outside a blossoming tree. In the bottom left corner, below the scene, is a small, potted plant, perhaps bamboo.
Condition
Affixed on cardstock paper.
Object Type
Bookplate
Language
English
Object Size
12.5 x 13.7 cm
Bookplate Collection Number
BA178
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
785 KB
Image File Location
Cop-Darc (\\Otay.sandiego.edu\Dept17)(S:)Bkplate_Art_Blake-S019.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 three figures, two kneeling at the table, the other entering the room" (2023). Bookplates by Sara Eugenia Blake. Image 19.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/bookplates-artists-blake/19