An alphabet, being a book of designs and rhymes by students of the Applied Art School, Working Men's College.
Primary Artist
M. Napier Waller (1893–1972)
Title
Physical description
a bound book of 65 pp., illustrated with 64 linocuts by various artists
Source
An alphabet: being a book of designs and rhythms, by students of the Applied Art School Working Men's College. Melbourne: Working Men's College, 1932.
Reference
Draffin (1977), not listed
Date made
1932
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, RMIT View on map Close map
Category
Illustrated book
Print type
relief
Technique
linocuts, printed in black ink, each from one block
Matrix size
28.2 x 22.6 cm (book (closed))
Support
paper
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
97125
Accession number
85.102
Accession method
Gift
Meeting
Meeting 6, 1984/85 (1985-02-12)
Provenance
Gift to the Australian National Gallery, from Gene Willsford, Canberra, 1985. [Willsford studied under Napier Waller at Melbourne Technical College, and looked after the Waller house at Fairy Hill when they travelled overseas in 1929-30 . She later became an architect]
Credit line
Gift of Gene M. Willsford 1985
Subject category
Australia, Book arts: Illustrated book
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Waller, M. Napier. | (1893–1972) Australian | Male | artist