The invalid.
Primary Artist
Frederick Coventry (1905–1997)
Title
Date made
1929 – 1929-30
Place made
Europe, England, Greater London, London View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate
Matrix size
14.6 x 14.8 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream laid paper
Support size
21.0 x 25.2 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark: lower left edge, 'Do [illegible] H M'.
State
published state
Impression
6/50
Edition information
edition of 50, not completed
Production notes
The artist notes: 'A few impressions only were printed and the plates were lost in the blitz on London in 1940'. [Artist to NGA, file 77/721, folio 16].
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'F H Coventry'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'The Invalid'. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, '6/50'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
146186
Accession number
90.1696
Accession method
Curator's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 4, 1990/91 (1990-12-13)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from the artist, London, 1990.
Credit line
Purchased 1990
Country of context
Aotearoa New Zealand
Notes
The artist notes in a letter on file 77/721, the invalid was "Veda Nelson a NZ girl". "The engraving 'The invalid' is based on my pencil drawing 'Veda' dated 26/8/28 purchased by AGNSW from the Society of Artists annual exhibition 1928". "A few impressions only were printed and the plates were lost in the blitz on London in 1940". The artist, in a letter on file 77/721 folio 16.
Creators
Coventry, Frederick. | (1905–1997) Aotearoa New Zealander | Australian | Male | artist