Artist/Designer

Ruth Thomson Saunders

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Commissioned for

Frank and Gertrude Thomson

Signed

Yes

Description

A photoengraving pictorial bookplate in black on sepia tinted paper. There is a cat atop a closed book with "Ex Libris" on the spine. Below them are the names "Frank and Gertrude Thomson".

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

3.625 x 2.5 in

Bookplate Collection Number

BA911

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

252 KB

Image File Location

S:\Bookplates\Saunders, Ruth Thomson\JPEG Images\BA911.jpg

Repository

Special Collections, Copley Library, University of San Diego

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