Artist/Designer

Dorothy Payne

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Commissioned for

Frona and Frederick Colburn

Signed

No

Description

A pictorial bookplate depicting presumably a native American kneeling, wearing a mohawk, a canvas hung on an arrow, with ball and axe crossed behind them. At the figure's feet, it is engraved "Calafia", for the fictional queen of the island of California. There are various Native crafts such as pots and baskets at the figure's feet. There are pages near the bottom of the image inscribed with "Book Fair/I, Queen of the amazons renounce my kingdom in service of humanity." Another page is inscribed "Californiana".

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

6.25 x 4.625 in

Bookplate Collection Number

BA792

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

522 KB

Image File Location

S:\Bookplates\Payne, Dorothy\JPEG Images\BA792.jpg

Repository

Special Collections, Copley Library, University of San Diego

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