Design for a Christmas card with Australian wild flowers.

Primary Artist

John Sands. (1837–1978)

Title

Design for a Christmas card with Australian wild flowers.

Date made

1876 – c.1878

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in colour, from multiple stones

Matrix size

15.9 x 11.4 cm (printed image)

Support

white cardboard

Support size

18.6 x 13.0 cm (sheet)

Impression

proof

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower centre within image in black pencil, '...Helena Forde-/...'. Not dated. Inscribed lower left corner edge, black pencil, 'Christmas Card.. .../ Prize given by Sands Art Competition '.

Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production

Inscribed lower right corner, pencil and pen and purple ink 'Proof'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

75206

Accession number

87.2061

Accession method

Gift

Meeting

Meeting 6, 1987/88 (1987-12-08)

Provenance

Gift to the Australian National Gallery, from Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, December 1987.

Credit line

Gift of Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne 1987

Subject category

Australia, Animal: Insect

Country of context

Australia

Creators

John Sands. | (1837–1978) Australian | Organisation | artist

Scott, Helena. | (1832–1910) Australian | Female | artist

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013