Artist/Designer
William Fowler Hopson
Preview
Commissioned for
Maria M. Sterling
Signed
Yes
Description
A pictorial bookplate on white paper with black ink for Maria M. Sterling. There's a stack of books with a lit candle on top that illuminates the rest of the image. In the back are full bookshelves. The frame of the image is a circle and says "How far that little candle throw his beams" and on the outside of that rae leaves, like a wreath. In the middle on top of the image is an owl.
Condition
Affixed on card stock
Bookplate Function
Ownership
Object Type
Bookplate
Bookplate Type
Pictorial
Language
English
Date or Era
c. 20th Century
Object Size
9.3 x 7.5 cm
Bookplate Collection Number
BA599
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
213 KB
Image File Location
S:\Bookplates\Hopson, William Fowler\JPEG Images\BA599.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 Maria M. Sterling" (2024). Bookplates by William Fowler Hopson. Image 21.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/bookplates-artists-hopson/21