Book plate: Russell Trenchard
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Littlewood (1978), 91
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 574
Date made
1951
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
9.6 x 7.4 cm (plate-mark)
Support
wove paper
Support size
16.0 x 12.8 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
edition unknown
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lionel Lindsay / sc. imp'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'proof'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 574
Subject description
Book plate for Edward Russell Trenchard, member of the Melbourne Stock Exchange, featuring coat of arms and latin motto: "Nosce te ipsum" (know thyself).
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
90707
Accession number
83.36
Accession method
Bequest
Meeting
Meeting 10, 1982/83 (1983-05-09)
Provenance
Alan Queale, Brisbane. Bequeathed to the National Gallery of Australia by Alan Queale, Brisbane, 1982. Alan Queale Bequest accepted by the National Gallery of Australia, 1983.
Credit line
Bequest of Alan Queale, 1982.
Copyright
Courtesy of the National Library of Australia
Subject categories
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938 | Collection: The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings, acquired 1982.
Country of context
Australia
Creators
LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist
Last Updated
08 Jan 2013