Primary Artist

Gayfield Shaw (1885–1961)

Title

Bookplate: Mary Gilmore, her totem.

Source

Gayfield Shaw bookplates; An album assembled by Thelma Clune

Date made

1932 – 1932, March

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

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

Matrix size

11.2 x 7.5 cm (plate-mark)

Support

thin cream wove paper

Support size

14.1 x 12.5 cm (sheet)

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Gayfield Shaw'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

112637

Accession number

77.101.3.15

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 9, 1976/77 (1977-04-12)

Provenance

Purchased from Thelma Clune, Sydney, by the Australian National Gallery, 12 April 1977.

Credit line

Purchased 1977

Subject categories

Australia, Printed ephemera: Bookplate (ex libris) | Aboriginal Australians: Designs

Country of context

Australia

Notes

An undated newspaper clipping with print notes: "...Mary gilmore, who boasts proudly of her 67 years, has a new book of verse, "Under the Wilgas" on the press... The new book contains a lot of verse about the Australian aboriginal and an appendix of historical and legendary notes, while the delux edition, in addition to being numbered and autographed, will contain Mary's aboriginal bookplate by Gayfield Shaw from her own design."

Creators

Shaw, Gayfield. | (1885–1961) Australian | Male | artist