Primary Artist

Gayfield Shaw (1885–1961)

Title

Bookplate: An appreciation, George Robertson.

Source

Gayfield Shaw bookplates; An album assembled by Thelma Clune

Date made

1930 – (1930s)

Place made

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

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate; pencil additions

Matrix size

18.0 x 11.7 cm (plate-mark)

Support

thin cream wove paper

Support size

21.5 x 14.5 cm (sheet)

State

1st state

Impression

rough proof

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

112678

Accession number

77.101.3.35

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