Artist/Designer
Dorothy Payne
Preview
Commissioned for
Muriel Mansfield Morrison
Signed
Yes
Description
A calligraphic and pictorial bookplate in black ink on sepia tinted paper, featuring a wreath-like frame of flowers, foliage, and ribbons with written music on them. There is a book propped open on top of another book toward the bottom of this frame. The open pages say the words "God said Let there be Light". There is a small bird toward the top of the frame, perhaps a dove, and it holds a clover in its beak. Central to the frame, the words "Ex Libris/Muriel Mansfield Morrison" are written in script.
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
4.25 x 3.25 in
Bookplate Collection Number
BA807
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
2023-10-23
Image Format
image/jpeg
Image File Size
320 KB
Image File Location
S:\Bookplates\Payne, Dorothy\TIF Images\BA807.tif
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
"Bookplate of an open book surrounded by calligraphic leaves and ribbons that have music notes on them" (2024). Bookplates by Dorothy Payne. Image 18.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/bookplates-artists-payne/18