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

Naam / Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 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