Artist/Designer
Beulah Mitchell Clute (1873-1958)
Preview
Commissioned for
Donald Douglas Cameron
Signed
Yes
Description
An etched pictorial bookplate on light sepia paper with brown stains and black ink. There is a person in a stone built room sitting at the desk next to the bed. There's a crucifix on the wall above the bed. Around the picture are 4 different crests. On the bottom there is a passage "For him was lever have at his beddes heed Twenty bokes, clad in blak or reed. Of Aristotle and his philosophye, Than robes riche, or fithele, or gay sautrye. And gladly wolde he lerne, and gladly teche." Below that is "Ex libris Donald Douglas Cameron"
Condition
Affixed on card stock
Bookplate Function
Ownership
Object Type
Bookplate
Bookplate Type
Pictorial
Language
English
Date or Era
c. 20th Century
Object Size
13.5 x 8 cm
Bookplate Collection Number
BA191
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
2023-02-22
Image Format
image/jpeg
Image File Size
730KB
Image File Location
S:\Bookplates\Clute, Beluah Mitchell\TIF Images\BA191.tif
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
"Bookplate of a person in their room sitting at the desk reading" (2023). Bookplates by Beulah Mitchell Clute. Image 11.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/bookplates-artists-clute/11