Manly picnic

Artist: b'PRESTON, Margaret' | Title: b'Manly picnic' | Date: 1929 | Technique: b'woodcut, printed in black ink, from one block; hand-coloured in watercolour and gouache' | Copyright: b'\xc2\xa9 Margaret Preston. Licensed by VISCOPY, Australia'
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Primary Artist

Margaret Preston (1875–1963)

Title

Manly picnic

Other titles

Beach scene, Balmoral

Reference

Butler (1987), 136

Date made

1929

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

woodcut, printed in black ink, from one block; hand-coloured in watercolour and gouache

Text printed from matrix

printed signature lower left within image, 'MP'.
printed signature lower right within image, 'dus'.

Matrix size

17.8 x 22.4 cm (printed image)

Support

thin cream laid paper

Support size

24.8 x 29.2 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression

Edition information

edition unknown, hand-coloured

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

no inscriptions.

Subject description

Beach scene with children playing in water and sand using an eight year old child's drawing for the design.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

90538

Accession number

84.1665

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 4, 1984/85 (1984-11-13)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from E.H. Castle, New South Wales, November 1984;

Credit line

Purchased from Gallery admission charges 1984.

Copyright

© Margaret Preston. Licensed by VISCOPY, Australia

Country of context

Australia

Creators

PRESTON, Margaret | (1875–1963) Australian | Female | artist

Ure Smith, Dorothy | (1921–2009) Australian | Female | artist

Last Updated

08 Aug 2025