Book plate: Bertha Jordan

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Book plate: Bertha Jordan

Date made

1940

Reference

Littlewood (1978), 47

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 551

Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

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

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower left within image, 'LIONEL LINDSAY'. Printed text upper centre within image, 'BERTH JORDAN / EX LIBRIS'.

Matrix size

7.4 x 7.2 cm (printed image)

Edition information

edition unknown

Subject categories

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

Subject description

Book plate for Bertha Jordan, wife of Sir Frederick Richard Jordan, featuring still life of flowers in a vase and jug.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

90642

Creators

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

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 83.331

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

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