Primary Artist

Conrad Martens (1801–1878)

Title

Study of a tree fern.

Date made

1852 – c.1854

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 525

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in black ink with plate tone, from one copper plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower right within image, 'C.M.'.

Matrix size

13.4 x 11.2 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

restrike c.1921, printed by Lionel Lindsay

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

Australian flora: tree ferns (family Dicksoniaceae) in the bush.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

93092

Creators

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

Martens, Conrad. | (1801–1878) Australian | English | Male | artist