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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

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