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Unknown Artist — Bookplate: Elizabeth Huntting

Unknown Artist

Bookplate: Elizabeth Huntting

1903

This bookplate by an unknown artist serves as an ownership mark for Elizabeth Huntting's personal library collection. Created as a print, the work exemplifies the functional decorative tradition of bookplates, which were designed to be affixed to the inside cover of books to identify their owner. The piece represents a practical yet artistic means of asserting proprietorship over one's literary possessions during a period when such personalized marks were common among book collectors.

Medium
Print

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Unknown Artist, Bookplate: Elizabeth Huntting, 1903

This bookplate by an unknown artist serves as an ownership mark for Elizabeth Huntting's personal library collection. Created as a print, the work exemplifies the functional decorative tradition of bookplates, which were designed to be affixed to the inside cover of books to identify their owner. The piece represents a practical yet artistic means of asserting proprietorship over one's literary possessions during a period when such personalized marks were common among book collectors.

Medium
Print
Year
1903
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Print, Monochrome, Bookplate, Unknown Artist, American, Art Nouveau, Classical, Decorative Arts, Early 20th Century, Literary, Typography, Heraldic, Decorative, Early Modern, Portrait, Woodcut, Ornamental, Elegant, 1903, Elizabeth Huntting

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago