Primary Artist

Frederick Coventry (1905–1997)

Title

Charlemagne.

Date made

1929 – 1929-30

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed signature upper left corner within image, 'F H Coventry [in reverse]'.

Matrix size

10.0 x 17.4 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

edition of 50, not completed

Production notes

The artist notes: 'A few impressions only were printed and the plates were lost in the blitz on London in 1940'. [Artist to NGA, file 77/721, folio 16].

Country of context

Aotearoa New Zealand

Legacy id

146181

Creators

Coventry, Frederick. | (1905–1997) Aotearoa New Zealander | Australian | Male | artist