Artist/Designer

John William Jameson

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Commissioned for

Frederick Bohn Fisher

Signed

Yes

Description

A pictorial bookplate on light sepia tinted paper with black ink for Frederick Bohn Fisher. "Ex-Libris" is used to show who the book owner is. There is a raised statue of a cross inside a tiled room with a beam of light coming from the top. Behind the cross on the left is the Taj Mahal and on the right is the Porcelain Tower of Nanjing. The sides of the illustration are bordered by a long staff that curls at the top. In the staff on the left on top in the curl is a goat. The outside of the border are single flowers lined up. On the bottom of the border there are two orchids.

Condition

Affixed on card stock

Bookplate Function

Ownership

Object Type

Bookplate

Bookplate Type

Pictorial

Language

English and Latin

Date or Era

20th Century

Object Size

3.5 x 5 in.

Bookplate Collection Number

BA617

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

559 KB

Image File Location

S:\Bookplates\Jameson, John William\JPEG Images\BA617.jpg

Repository

Special Collections, Copley Library, University of San Diego

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