Artist/Designer
Ruth Thomson Saunders
Preview
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\TIF Images\BA911
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 a cat with its tail in the closed book that it is sitting on" (2024). Bookplates by Ruth Thomson Saunders. Image 29.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/bookplates-artists-saunders/29