Artist/Designer

John William Jameson

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Commissioned for

Irene Greene Dwen Andrews

Signed

Yes

Description

A pictorial bookplate on light sepia tinted paper with black ink for Irene Greene Dwen Andrews. There is a quote from Charles Cotton (1630-87), "How calm and quiet a delight is it, alone to read, and meditate and write, by none offended and offending none." There is a vine of leaves as the border in a shape of a horizontal rectangle.

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 x 4 in

Bookplate Collection Number

BA621

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

301 KB

Image File Location

S:\Bookplates\Jameson, John William\JPEG Images\BA621.jpg

Repository

Special Collections, Copley Library, University of San Diego

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