Primary Artist

Peter Ellis (1956–)

Title

The prince and the bee mistress.

Physical description

a boxed suite of 12 etchings and 12 pages of etched text (Chelmsford medium) illustrating a story by Tobsha Learner.

Source

The prince and the bee mistress, by Tobsha Learner. Melbourne: the artist, 1986

Page or Plate number

collection record

Date made

1986

Place made

Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map

Category

Illustrated book

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching and aquatint, printed in black ink, each from one plate; Chelmsford medium typeface

Support

white wove 300gsm Magnani Aquarelle paper

State

published state

Impression

2/15

Edition information

edition of 15

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

81677

Accession number

88.410.1-24

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 9, 1987/88 (1988-04-14)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Powell Street Graphics, Melbourne, April 1988.

Credit line

Purchased from Gallery admission charges 1988

Subject category

Australia, Book arts: Illustrated book

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Ellis, Peter. | (1956–) Australian | Male | artist

Powell Street Graphics. | (1986–) Organisation | publisher

Amos, David. | (1986–) Australian | Male | binder

LEARNER, Tobsha | Female | author

Young, Bill. | (1952–) Australian | Male | printer

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013