bookplate print

bookplate print

Mattatuck Museum
Thomas W. Nason (created by)
Mattatuck Historical Society (owned by)
ink
paper
4.625 inches H X 2.875 inches W
3.875 inches H X 2.25 inches W
Black and white undated print.  Christianity-theme overall.  Center area depicts bird upper left diving downward head-first toward open book; halo and rays around and project downward from bird's head. Rays left to right upper center and stars in sky upper left.  Text on book pages "Spiritvs / Veritatis" (left) and "Docebit / Vos Omnem / Veritatem" (right). Text below book " + Fear of God + ". Text bottom print "Ex Libris / Patris C. A. Cordon". Text in framing around image, "Knowledge - Fortitude" at left, "Counsel - Peity" top, and "Wisdom - Understanding" right.
Gift of Elton Wayland Hall, 2022, in Memory of his parents Ridgeway and Lucy Hall
2022.14.31