Artist/Designer

Sara Eugenia Blake

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Commissioned for

Mary Alice Ercolini

Signed

Yes

Description

Etched bookplate on gray paper, in black ink, made for Mary Alice Ercolini. It depicts the 'Cat with a Quail' mosaic from the House of the Faun in Pompeii, Italy. There is a single bird in each bottom corner.

Condition

Affixed on card stock

Bookplate Function

Ownership

Object Type

Bookplate

Bookplate Type

Pictorial

Language

English

Date or Era

c. 20th Century

Object Size

14 x 11.2 cm

Bookplate Collection Number

BA173

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

0.65MB

Image File Location

S:\Bookplates\Blake, Sara Eugenia\JPEG Images\BA173.jpg

Repository

Special Collections, Copley Library, University of San Diego

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