Artist/Designer

John William Jameson

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Commissioned for

Catharine P. Wilson

Signed

Yes

Description

A pictorial bookplate on white paper with faded black ink for Catharine P. Wilson. "Ex-Libris" is used to show who the book owner is. There is a pond with three heron birds. One heron is standing still in the water, another one is flying out of the water, and the last one has their head down towards the water. In the bottom left corner there is a small frog on a lilypad.

Condition

Affixed on card stock

Bookplate Function

Ownership

Object Type

Bookplate

Bookplate Type

Pictorial

Language

Latin

Date or Era

20th Century

Object Size

4.625 x 2.75 in

Bookplate Collection Number

BA657

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

2023-10-10

Image Format

image/jpeg

Image File Size

407 KB

Image File Location

S:\Bookplates\Jameson, John William\JPEG Images\BA657.jpg

Repository

Special Collections, Copley Library, University of San Diego

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