"Lady for a Day"

Primary Artist

William Hunter (1899–1963)

Title

"Lady for a Day"

Date made

1962

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching and aquatint, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower right within image, 'W Hunter'.

Matrix size

17.4 x 14.6 cm (printed image)

Edition information

edition of 50

Subject description

Image of a lady singing? into a microphone. The title 'Lady for a day' refers to a popular television show on the Melbourne Television station HSV 7 in 1962

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

91027

Creators

Hunter, William. | (1899–1963) Australian | Male | artist

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.117

State

published state

Impression

4/50

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