Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Book plate: Harry Chaplin

Date made

1954

Reference

Littlewood (1978), 34e

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 564

Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

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

Text printed from matrix

Printed text upper left to right within image, 'Ex Libris'. Printed text below image, 'HARRY CHAPLIN'.

Matrix size

8.0 x 5.6 cm (printed image)

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

Subject category

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

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.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

90604

Creators

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