Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Book plate: Russell Trenchard

Date made

1951

Reference

Littlewood (1978), 91

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 574

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in black ink, from one plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed text centre within image, NOSCE TE IPSUM'. Printed text below image but within plate-mark, 'Edward Russell Trenchard'.

Matrix size

9.6 x 7.4 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

edition unknown

Subject categories

Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938 | Collection: The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings, acquired 1982.

Subject description

Book plate for Edward Russell Trenchard, member of the Melbourne Stock Exchange, featuring coat of arms and latin motto: "Nosce te ipsum" (know thyself).

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

90707

Creators

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