Artist/Designer

Beulah Mitchell Clute (1873-1958)

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Commissioned for

Fredric Mason Blanchard

Signed

Yes

Description

An etched pictorial bookplate on light sepia paper with black ink. There is a pattern of flowers and leaves in the background with a box in the middle for "Ex-Libris Fredric Mason Blanchard" Theres is a cello and trumpet on the bottom. Beneath the image is a passage/quote "Truth is the intellectual wealth of the world. It is the sacred light of the soul. The man who finds a truth lights a torch". Below the passage are four different collegiate(?) crests.

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 9.3 cm

Bookplate Collection Number

BA192

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

810.244KB

Image File Location

S:\Bookplates\Clute, Beluah Mitchell\JPEG Images\BA192.jpeg

Repository

Special Collections, Copley Library, University of San Diego

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