Australian animal alphabet.
Primary Artist
Eirene Mort (1879–1977)
Title
Physical description
Box containing 24 wooden blocks each with pictorial design on recto and printed poem verso. Green cardboard, covered with green paper, hinged on upper edge.
Source
Australian animal alphabet
Page or Plate number
collection record
Date made
1907
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
letterpress, printed in blue ink
Matrix size
16.8 x 22.0 cm (box)
Support
paper on wooden block
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Not signed. Not dated. Printed label on cover of box, lower right edge, blue ink 'Pictured and/ Rhymed by EIRENE MORT'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
3440
Accession number
95.1.1-24
Accession method
Curator's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 4, 1994/95 (1995-02-23)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Treasure Island Books, Sydney, 1995
Credit line
Purchased 1995
Country of context
Australia
Creators
MORT, Eirene | (1879–1977) Australian | Female | artist