Artist/Designer

Mary Eleanor Curran

Preview

image preview

Commissioned for

Francis Marion Pattenger

Signed

No

Description

A pictorial bookplate on sepia paper with black ink. On top there is a winged staff with snakes coiled in between the words "Ex Libris" written. It's a bookshelf beneath a window. On the window sill, there are sheets of paper and the one on top is sheet music. The bookshelf includes titles such as Macbeth, Faust, Henry VII, and some medical literature including bacteriology, anatomy, and so on. Outside the window is a tree and a hill in the distance. Beneath the books is the name "Francis Marion Pattenger"

Condition

Affixed on card stock

Bookplate Function

Ownership

Object Type

Bookplate

Bookplate Type

Pictorial

Language

English and Latin

Date or Era

c. 20th Century

Object Size

12 x 8.5 cm

Bookplate Collection Number

BA250

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

2023-03-01

Image Format

image/jpeg

Image File Size

473.275KB

Image File Location

S:\Bookplates\Curran, Mary Eleanor\JPEG Images\BA250.jpg

Repository

Special Collections, Copley Library, University of San Diego

Share

COinS