Bookplate designed by Howard Van Doren Shaw for his youngest daughter, Frances Theodora Shaw. In the center there is a crown image above three books. The bookplate reads, "The World is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be as happy…
Present is an illustration of the barn. Written on reverse side of section with the barn is the following. "Our X-mas card, about 1940 hand painted -JLK [John Lord King] did the Barn. I drew (& painted) the dog!"