Artist/Designer
William Fowler Hopson
Preview
Commissioned for
Connecticut State Library
Signed
Yes
Description
A pictorial bookplate on off white paper with black in for the Connecticut State Library. There's a portrait of an older man and written in the border is "Connecticut State Library. The collection of" and a signature from William F. J. Boardman underneath the portrait. Behind the portrait is a desk, books, a dresser, and the wallpaper pattern is the Library's crest image of the grape vine. Beneath the signature is a picture of a room with a podium, empty chairs and the walls are full bookshelves. This room is framed into a horizontal oval with one crest on each side. The left side's crest has three wolf heads on a stripe and stick figures filling the other stripes. The crest on the right has three eagles with their wings spread placed in a triangle pattern with an angled strip in the middle. Beneath the room image is a section to fill out information "Class. Book. Date. Accession NO." and the year 1913 is at the bottom of the border.
Condition
Affixed on card stock
Bookplate Function
Ownership/Special Collection
Object Type
Bookplate
Bookplate Type
Pictorial
Language
English
Date or Era
c. 20th Century
Object Size
12.5 x 9 cm
Bookplate Collection Number
BA604
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
545 KB
Image File Location
S:\Bookplates\Hopson, William Fowler\JPEG Images\BA604.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 Connecticut State Library (1 of 2)" (2024). Bookplates by William Fowler Hopson. Image 26.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/bookplates-artists-hopson/26