Artist/Designer
Edwin Davis French
Preview
Commissioned for
The Denver Club
Signed
No
Description
An engraved pictorial bookplate on sepia tinted paper with black ink for The Denver Club. There's a man smoking and reading a piece of paper sitting in a chair facing away. Besides him is a table with wine and a box. In front of him is a fireplace, and a bookshelf to the right of it. There's a flower pot and mirror above the fireplace. The frame has calligraphic leaves as the top and bottom. On the bottom of the frame in the middle is a deck of cards.
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
12 x 7.5 cm
Bookplate Collection Number
BA491
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
364 KB
Image File Location
S:\Bookplates\French, Edwin Davis\JPEG Images\BA491.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 The Denver Club" (2024). Bookplates by Edwin Davis French. Image 61.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/bookplates-artists-french/61