Artist/Designer

John William Jameson

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Commissioned for

Grace Giffin Wilcox and Jerome Kear Wilcox

Signed

Yes

Description

A pictorial bookplate on white paper with black ink for Grace Giffin Wilcox and Jerome Kear Wilcox. There is a portrait of William Shakespeare. The border of the bookplate has flowers and leaves. In the bottom left corner of the border is the Comedy theater mask and in the right corner is the Tragedy theater mask. In the bottom left corner of the bookplate is a small sketch of a skull with a shovel in its mouth.

Condition

Affixed on card stock

Bookplate Function

Ownership

Object Type

Bookplate

Bookplate Type

Pictorial

Language

English

Date or Era

20th Century

Object Size

8.25 x 5.625 in

Bookplate Collection Number

BA661

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

433 KB

Image File Location

S:\Bookplates\Jameson, John William\JPEG Images\BA661.jpg

Repository

Special Collections, Copley Library, University of San Diego

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