Book plate: Harry Chaplin's Book
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Book plate: Harry Chaplin's Book
Reference
Littlewood (1978), 33a
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 548
Date made
1950
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
10.2 x 8.0 cm (printed image)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
14.0 x 10.2 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
proof
Edition information
edition unknown
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated. Inscribed lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'proof'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 548
Subject description
Book plate for Australiana collector, Harry Chaplin, featuring a man with dog from the country meeting a city man in a suit outside an hotel.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
90640
Accession number
83.33
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