Artist/Designer
Sara Eugenia Blake
Preview
Commissioned for
Elizabeth Diamond
Signed
Yes
Description
Etched bookplate on light purple paper, in dark purple ink, made for Elizabeth Diamond. It was inspired by an illustration by John Flaxman for The Siege of Troy and the Wanderings of Ulysses by Charles Henry Hanson (T Nelson, 1883). On the bottom left corner is written "Seb Sc Christmas 1945". Verso "After John Flaxman, for mythological books."
Condition
Affixed on card stock
Bookplate Function
Ownership
Object Type
Bookplate
Bookplate Type
Pictorial
Language
English
Date or Era
1945
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
2022-08-19
Image Format
image/jpeg
Image File Size
0.76MB
Image File Location
S:\Bookplates\Blake, Sara Eugenia\JPEG Images\BA169.jpg
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
"Sara Eugenia Blake Bookplate Commissioned for Elizabeth Diamond (3 of 3)" (1945). Bookplates by Sara Eugenia Blake. Image 31.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/bookplates-artists-blake/31