Self-portrait

Primary Artist

John Shirlow (1869–1936)

Title

Self-portrait

Date made

1930

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one copper plate

Matrix size

32.4 x 24.8 cm (plate-mark)

Support

cream paper

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

no inscriptions

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Label verso of mount, 'The Artorium'/ J. Beament/ 3?2 Burwood Road Glenferrie/ Next Town Hall/[?] Burke Road Camberwell'.

Subject description

Self-portrait wearing beret and working on etching plate.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

10130

Accession number

96.978

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 2, 1996/97 (1996-10-29)

Provenance

Leonard Joel auction, Melbourne 21 August 1996, lot no. G206

Credit line

Purchased 1996

Subject category

Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938

Country of context

Australia

Notes

Label on back of mount " "The Artorium"/ J. Beament/ 3?2 Burwood Road Glenferrie/ Next Town Hall/? Burke Road Camberwell". Auction Leonard Joel, Melbourne 21 August 1996 Lot no. G206

Creators

SHIRLOW, John | (1869–1936) Australian | Male | artist