Book plate: Bertha Jordan

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Book plate: Bertha Jordan

Reference

Littlewood (1978), 47

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 551

Date made

1940

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

wood-engraving, printed in black ink, from one block

Matrix size

7.4 x 7.2 cm (printed image)

Support

cream wove paper

Support size

14.5 x 10.2 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

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.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 551

Subject description

Book plate for Bertha Jordan, wife of Sir Frederick Richard Jordan, featuring still life of flowers in a vase and jug.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

90642

Accession number

83.331

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 categories

Still life | 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