Artist/Designer
Ruth Thomson Saunders
Preview
![image preview](https://digital.sandiego.edu/bookplates-artists-saunders/1010/preview.jpg)
Commissioned for
Clyde Melville and Isabelle Church
Signed
Yes
Description
A photoengraving pictorial bookplate in black on white paper. There is an architectural drawing of a brick entryway, with steps up to a doorway flanked by bushes and columns. The doorway has a half-oval window above it. Inside the doorway you can see a light and a stairway. On either side and below the entryway are the words "Clyde and Isabelle Melville Church".
Condition
Affixed on card stock
Bookplate Function
Ownership
Object Type
Bookplate
Bookplate Type
Pictorial
Language
English
Date or Era
20th Century
Object Size
3.5 x 3 in
Bookplate Collection Number
BA892
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
2023-10-24
Image Format
image/jpeg
Image File Size
180 KB
Image File Location
S:\Bookplates\Saunders, Ruth Thomson\JPEG Images\BA892.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
"Ruth Thomson Saunders Bookplate Commissioned for Clyde Melville and Isabelle Church" (2024). Bookplates by Ruth Thomson Saunders. Image 11.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/bookplates-artists-saunders/11