Artist/Designer
Ruth Thomson Saunders
Preview
Commissioned for
Library of Knox College
Signed
Yes
Description
A photoengraving printed label/pictorial bookplate in two colors on sepia tinted paper. There are two trees with their canopies meeting. In between these trees is the typeset text, "Gertrude Chapin Thomson and Frank D. Thomson present the books of The Saunders Studio Press published by their daughter Ruth Thomson Saunders and Lynne F. Saunders to the Library of KNOX COLLEGE".
Condition
Affixed on card stock
Bookplate Function
Ownership/Special Collection
Object Type
Bookplate
Bookplate Type
Pictorial/Printed Label
Language
English
Date or Era
20th Century
Object Size
3.5 x 2.5 in
Bookplate Collection Number
BA915
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
177 KB
Image File Location
S:\Bookplates\Saunders, Ruth Thomson\JPEG Images\BA915.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 Library of Knox College" (2024). Bookplates by Ruth Thomson Saunders. Image 33.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/bookplates-artists-saunders/33