Primary Artist

Gayfield Shaw (1885–1961)

Title

Bookplate: The Surgical Library of R Gordon Craig bequeathed to The University of Sydney.

Source

Gayfield Shaw bookplates; An album assembled by Thelma Clune

Date made

1931

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

12.5 x 8.9 cm (plate-mark)

Support

thin cream wove paper

Support size

14.6 x 10.6 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

112629

Accession number

77.101.3.11

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 category

Australia, Printed ephemera: Bookplate (ex libris)

Country of context

Australia

Creators

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

Last Updated

04 Jan 2013