Book plate: Alice Verbrugghen

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Book plate: Alice Verbrugghen

Date made

1920

Reference

Littlewood (1978), 94

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 561

Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

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

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower right within image, 'L.L. [in monogram]'. Printed text upper left within printed image, 'FOLK / SONG.'. Printed text lower left to right within printed image, 'EX LIBRIS / Alice Verbrugghen'.

Matrix size

7.4 x 5.2 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 Alice Verbrugghen, Scottish folklore specialist and wife of Henri Verbrugghen, director of Sydney Conservatorium of Music, featuring woman in peasant dress singing and carrying urn.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

90614

Creators

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

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.317

State

published state

Impression

proof

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