Artist/Designer

Louis Joshua Silver

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Commissioned for

Mark Carter Mills

Signed

No

Description

A pictorial bookplate with black ink belonging to Mark Carter Mills. The center illustration is a nice house with trees. There is a portrait of a male pilgrim in the top left corner and a female pilgrim's portrait in the top right corner. In between these portraits is an illustration in an oval shape of cows out in the field. There is a book on each side of the banner that has the name written. The book spine on the right says "Wealth of Nations" and the book spine on the left says "Ex-Libris" There is a border around the house illustration that is also covered by the other illustrations. The border is of fall leaves with a grid pattern.

Condition

Affixed on card stock

Bookplate Function

Ownership

Object Type

Bookplate

Bookplate Type

Pictorial

Language

English and Latin

Date or Era

c. 20th Century

Object Size

3 x 4.5 in

Bookplate Collection Number

BA954

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

2023-11-07

Image Format

image/jpeg

Image File Size

395 KB

Image File Location

S:\Bookplates\Silver, Louis Joshua\JPEG Images\BA954.jpg

Repository

Special Collections, Copley Library, University of San Diego

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