Bruno Alberts. Public Deposited

Dragon's head, small shield with text, and intricate ornamentation. A scroll with text runs across the center of the design. The text on the shield is "Never less alone than when alone." The scroll says "Bruno Alberts." Born in Louisville, Bruno Alberts (1888-1970) studied at the Cincinnati Art Academy. His brother was artist John Bernard Alberts, Jr. (1886-1931). Black ink. Signed Ainslie Hewett with four-digit year.

Item number

• ULAL Alberts, Bruno

Creator

• Hewett, Ainslie, 1880-1963

Creator role

• bookplate designer

Subject

• Labels
• Armorial bookplates
• Bookplates

Technique

• P4 - Commercial photogravure, rotogravure

People represented

• Alberts, Bruno

Date original

• 1919

Language

• eng

Object type

• Intaglio prints
• Photogravures

Source

• 12 x 7.7 cm. bookplate. Folder: Bookplates - Alberts, Bruno, in Ainslie Hewett (1880-1963) Collection, University of Louisville Margaret M. Bridwell Art Library.

Collection

• Ainslie Hewett (1880-1963) Bookplate Collection

Collection information

• https://library.louisville.edu/art/hewett

Repository

• University of Louisville Margaret M. Bridwell Art Library

Rights statement

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/

Ordering information

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