Artist/Designer
Arthur Nelson MacDonald
Preview
Commissioned for
The Wheeler School Alumnae Library
Signed
No
Description
A pictorial bookplate on sepia tinted paper with black ink for The Wheeler School Alumnae Library. This bookplate is set up as a headstone with the name Mary Colman Wheeler and her portrait. Her dates are 1846-1920. Behind the picture is a bookshelf filled with books, two images of two similar houses one placed on the right and the other on the left. There is a location "Concord Paris Providence". On the bottom of the headstone is a theater mask, a painters tablet, and a script.
Condition
Affixed on card stock
Bookplate Function
Ownership
Object Type
Bookplate
Bookplate Type
Pictorial
Language
English
Date or Era
c. 20th Century
Object Size
11 x 8.3 cm
Bookplate Collection Number
BA757
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
2023-05-03
Image Format
image/jpeg
Image File Size
344 KB
Image File Location
S:\Bookplates\MacDonald, Arthur Nelson\JPEG Images\BA757.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
"Arthur Nelson MacDonald Bookplate Commissioned for The Wheeler School Alumnae Library" (2024). Bookplates by Arthur Nelson MacDonald. Image 27.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/bookplates-artists-macdonald/27