Study of a tree fern.
Primary Artist
Conrad Martens (1801–1878)
Title
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 525
Date made
1852 – c.1854
Date details
1920, printed
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink with plate tone, from one copper plate
Matrix size
13.4 x 11.2 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream paper
Support size
20.8 x 15.2 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
proof
Edition information
restrike c.1921, printed by Lionel Lindsay
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
no inscriptions
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed lower centre at base of sheet in black pencil, 'Proof of Conrad Martens only etching / Printed by Lionel Lindsay'. Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 525
Subject description
Australian flora: tree ferns (family Dicksoniaceae) in the bush.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
93092
Accession number
83.926
Accession method
Bequest
Meeting
Meeting 10, 1982/83 (1983-05-09)
Provenance
Alan Queale, Brisbane. Bequeathed to the National Gallery of Australia by Alan Queale, Brisbane, 1982. Alan Queale Bequest accepted by the National Gallery of Australia, 1983.
Credit line
Bequest of Alan Queale, 1982.
Subject categories
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938 | Collection: The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings, acquired 1982.
Country of context
Australia
Creators
LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | printer
Martens, Conrad. | (1801–1878) Australian | English | Male | artist