Artist/Designer

Sara Eugenia Blake

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Commissioned for

Mary Alice Ercolini

Signed

Yes

Description

Etched bookplate on purple paper, in black ink, made for Mary Alice Ercolini. After Godey's Lady's Book, it depicts two women in Victorian dress. One stands watching as the other holds out a piece of thread. A cat plays at the feet of the standing woman. 'Old times, old days / Old books, old ways' is written under the image of the women.

Condition

Affixed on card stock

Bookplate Function

Ownership

Object Type

Bookplate

Bookplate Type

Pictorial

Language

English

Date or Era

1953

Object Size

14 x 10.3 cm

Bookplate Collection Number

BA171

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

0.84MB

Image File Location

S:\Bookplates\Blake, Sara Eugenia\JPEG Images\BA171.jpg

Repository

Special Collections, Copley Library, University of San Diego

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