Book plate: Harry Chaplin's Book

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Book plate: Harry Chaplin's Book

Date made

1950

Reference

Littlewood (1978), 33a

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 548

Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

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

Text printed from matrix

Printed upper left within image, 'LIONEL LINDSAY'. Printed text lower centre within image, 'Harry Chaplin's / Book'.

Matrix size

10.2 x 8.0 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 Australiana collector, Harry Chaplin, featuring a man with dog from the country meeting a city man in a suit outside an hotel.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

90640

Creators

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

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.33

State

published state

Impression

proof

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