Bookplate: W. Halberg

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Bookplate: W. Halberg

Reference

Littlewood (1978), 44

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 542

Date made

1933

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

wood-engraving, printed in black ink, from one block

Matrix size

8.2 x 5.4 cm (printed image)

Support

thin laid tissue paper

Support size

11.9 x 8.8 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

edition unknown

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay'. Not dated'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 542

Subject description

Book plate for family friend, William Halbert, featuring owl resting on open book.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

90569

Accession number

83.301

Accession method

Bequest

Meeting

Meeting 10, 1982/83 (1983-05-09)

Provenance

Alan Queale, Brisbane. Bequeathed to the National Gallery of Australia by Alan Queale, Brisbane, 1982. Alan Queale Bequest accepted by the National Gallery of Australia, 1983.

Credit line

Bequest of Alan Queale, 1982.

Copyright

Courtesy of the National Library of Australia

Subject categories

Australia, Printed ephemera: Bookplate (ex libris) | Collection: The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings, acquired 1982.

Country of context

Australia

Creators

LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013