Book plate: Harry Chaplin
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Littlewood (1978), 34e
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 564
Date made
1954
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
wood-engraving, printed in black ink, from one block
Matrix size
8.0 x 5.6 cm (printed image)
Support
thin laid tissue paper
Support size
11.4 x 8.6 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
1st state
Impression
proof
Edition information
1st state, at least 1 proof; 2nd state, edition unknown
Production notes
1st state, before the engraving of signature lower right corner. 2nd state, with signature
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Inscribed lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'proof before / sig[nature]'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 564
Subject description
Book plate for Australiana collector, Harry Chaplin, featuring old man in clogs skewering books that litter the ground and collecting them into whicker basket on his back.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
90604
Accession number
83.312
Accession method
Bequest
Meeting
Meeting 10, 1982/83 (1983-05-09)
Provenance
Alan Queale, Brisbane. Bequeathed to the National Gallery of Australia by Alan Queale, Brisbane, 1982. Alan Queale Bequest accepted by the National Gallery of Australia, 1983.
Credit line
Bequest of Alan Queale, 1982.
Copyright
Courtesy of the National Library of Australia
Subject category
Collection: The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings, acquired 1982.
Country of context
Australia
Creators
LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist