Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Book plate: Keith Murdoch

Date made

1943

Reference

Littlewood (1978), 70

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 538

Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

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

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower right within image, 'LIONEL LINDSAY'. Printed text upper left within image, 'Ex / Libris'. Printed lowe bottom within image, 'KEITH MURDOCH'.

Matrix size

10.3 x 8.8 cm (printed image)

Edition information

edition unknown

Subject category

Collection: The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings, acquired 1982.

Subject description

Book plate for newspaper proprietor Sir Keith Arthur Murdoch, featuring ornament of horse, framed portrait of woman, quill and inkwell on desk.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

90592

Creators

LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist