Artist/Designer
William Fowler Hopson
Preview
Commissioned for
Ada M. Hopson
Signed
Yes
Description
A pictorial bookplate on sepia tinted paper with black ink for Ada M. Hopson. There's an image of a forest pathway and is framed in a circle with flowers on the side that leads to grass below the frame. Above is a bookshelf with books. On the bottom of the bookplate has a caption for the image "Brookside 1898" and a quote "-Tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything" with the year 19010.
Condition
Affixed on card stock
Bookplate Function
Ownership
Object Type
Bookplate
Bookplate Type
Pictorial
Language
English
Date or Era
c. 20th Century
Object Size
12.5 x 10 cm
Bookplate Collection Number
BA590
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
2023-05-22
Image Format
image/jpeg
Image File Size
459 KB
Image File Location
S:\Bookplates\Hopson, William Fowler\JPEG Images\BA590.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
"William Fowler Hopson Bookplate Commissioned for Ada M. Hopson" (2024). Bookplates by William Fowler Hopson. Image 12.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/bookplates-artists-hopson/12