Artist/Designer
Edwin Davis French
Preview
Commissioned for
John Page Woodbury
Signed
Yes
Description
An engraved pictorial bookplate on sepia tinted paper with black ink for John Page Woodbury dated 1894. The frame has a bookshelf filled with books and one book is falling open with a picture of a man. The image in the back is a room with a fireplace, chair, desk, books, and large windows. On top in the middle is an image a town framed in a circle with leaves around it.
Condition
Affixed on card stock
Bookplate Function
Ownership
Object Type
Bookplate
Bookplate Type
Pictorial
Language
Latin
Date or Era
c. 19th-20th Century
Object Size
10 x 7.5 cm
Bookplate Collection Number
BA488
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
2023-03-22
Image Format
image/jpeg
Image File Size
328 KB
Image File Location
S:\Bookplates\French, Edwin Davis\JPEG Images\BA488.jpg
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
"Edwin Davis French Bookplate Commissioned by John Page Woodbury" (2024). Bookplates by Edwin Davis French. Image 58.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/bookplates-artists-french/58