Artist/Designer

Edwin Davis French

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Commissioned for

Rufus King Fund

Signed

Yes

Description

An engraved pictorial bookplate on sepia tinted paper with black ink. The bookplate is addressed to the Cincinnati Law Library Rufus King Fund. There is a statue of a man's head in front of a wall with bookshelves. The bookplate frame has cloth crosses along the sides and top. In the top middle is a circle with two different leaves on the left and right side.

Condition

Affixed on card stock

Bookplate Function

Ownership

Object Type

Bookplate

Bookplate Type

Pictorial

Language

English

Date or Era

c. 19th-20th Century

Object Size

11.7 x 8 cm

Bookplate Collection Number

BA490

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

483 KB

Image File Location

S:\Bookplates\French, Edwin Davis\JPEG Images\BA490.jpg

Repository

Special Collections, Copley Library, University of San Diego

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