Artist/Designer

Sara Eugenia Blake

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Commissioned for

Alice Hitchcock Ercolini

Signed

Yes

Description

Etched bookplate on green paper, in dark green ink, made for Alice Hitchcock Ercolini. It shows a cat sitting on a table, with a vase either side of it. One vase is filled with flowers, the other with fruit. A parrot eats fruit from the vase. In the bottom left, there is a small depiction of a bird perched on a shelf of books. On the back is written 'Taken from old French wallpaper of 1840.'

Condition

Affixed on card stock

Bookplate Function

Ownership

Object Type

Bookplate

Bookplate Type

Pictorial

Language

English

Date or Era

1954

Object Size

16.2 x 12.6 cm

Bookplate Collection Number

BA172

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

0.81MB

Image File Location

S:\Bookplates\Blake, Sara Eugenia\JPEG Images\BA172.jpg

Repository

Special Collections, Copley Library, University of San Diego

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